By contrast, he found from 50 to 300 spores in each cicada female from another brood that emerged on time that year in North Carolina.

ECONOMIST: The 17-year cicadas are about to emerge in force

Zerg now has Swarm Hosts as non-Brood Lord tier siege units, but I had a hard time figuring out the best time to use them on offense or defense.

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Between 50% and 70% of the time, it is the female who nurtures and provides for the brood but the male assumes this role in between 5% and 20% of nests.

ECONOMIST: Evolutionary biology

In Shanghai, where it was gathering for the fourth time, there still were plenty of family touches--at least a dozen of the brood were there to greet the clientele at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel.

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