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Scientists Modify Fly to Eat More Human-Produced Waste

Scientists Modify Fly to Eat More Human-Produced Waste

Above: Close-up of black soldier fly. Image copyright: Unsplash

The Facts

  • A team of scientists from Australia's Macquarie University in Sydney is genetically modifying black soldier flies to increase their consumption of humanity's organic waste.

  • In a paper published Wednesday in Communications Biology, scientists said black soldier flies could curb the planet-warming methane emitted into the atmosphere when organic waste breaks down.


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