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The AI microscope will automate the tedious job of fecal egg counting, which is used to identify parasites in farm animals.

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

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Like platypuses, echidnas are monotremes, which means they're mammals that lay eggs. Echidnas lay one egg at a time, and those eggs take 10 to 14 days to hatch.