Many entomologists in the American mid-west, it seems, are also now on a 17-year cycle.

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

Like his forward-looking predecessors, he will have to rely on future generations of entomologists to ensure that his labours bear fruit.

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

Dr Clay's research builds on data that generations of Indiana's entomologists have been gathering at 17-year intervals for over a century.

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

"The entomologists and forensic anthropologists here at the museum are among the leading researchers in the field, " says Dr Martin Hall.

BBC: Forensic science uncovered

Biochemists, doctors and entomologists are all being drafted in the fight against malaria and AIDS, as Elizabeth Corcoran says in her article (see "Chutzpah Science") on the Gates Foundation.

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By latest count, about 250 species of native bees are known to nest in sidewalk cracks, traffic median strips, parks, and high-rise balcony flower pots more perhaps than any other major city in the world, several entomologists said.

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Entomologists at the museum have set up a mock crime scene - complete with arc-lights, screens, a (thankfully fake) decomposing corpse and plenty of writhing Greenbottle maggots - as part of Science Uncovered: A Europe-wide event offering the public a rare insight into what goes on behind the public galleries.

BBC: Forensic science uncovered

"The fun of the challenge from the science perspective is that you do have farmers and biologists and entomologists, and biochemists and chemical engineers, and process engineers and business people and investors all working to solve this, and it ranges anywhere from a political issue to a technical issue, " del Cardayre said.

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