I am, in part, an ant biologist, so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown.

从某种程度上来说，我是一名蚂蚁生物学家，所以我开始思考我们对昆虫的生命有什么了解，并且我知道昆虫世界对于人类而言仍有许多未知的领域。

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When it comes to dodging disaster, the champions of the insect world have to be cockroaches.

谈到躲避灾难，昆虫界的冠军非蟑螂莫属。

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The hills recede into the distance and now we are in vast grasslands dotted with termite mounds, skyscraper sandcastles of the insect world.

群山渐渐隐去，我们现在是在广阔的草原上，白蚁丘星罗棋布，那是昆虫世界的摩天大楼。

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ISAAA, 9% of the world's maize crop is lost to insect pests.

ECONOMIST: Genetic modification works

In the world of agriculture, as with popular medicine, the theory is to treat the symptom (in this case insect invasions) and to hope that by the time fix becomes ineffective we have something else figured out to spray, engineer or swallow to re-bandaid the problem.

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