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Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves.

Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin, an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells.

an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells. Chitin is a fibrous material that is the second most abundant polymer — after cellulose — on earth. Like ...