In the annals of internet mysteries, few enigmas have captured the collective imagination of cyberspace as thoroughly as the Cicada 3301 puzzles. This cryptic challenge, originating in the darkest ...

BLUE ASH, Ohio — This was not the day of the locust. But a cicada startled an Ohio driver when it flew into the window of a vehicle, causing a rollover crash, authorities said. According to a social ...

A joint team of researchers from Kyoto University and other institutions has partially uncovered why periodical cicadas simultaneously burst out of the ground every 13 or 17 years. Also known as ...

One brood of cicadas has been waiting a long time to emerge; now is their time. Brood XIX has been dormant for the past 13 years, but will soon be "screaming" their love across Tennessee. The brood is ...

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