CNN's John Sutter talks with a colleague of his who found microbes in camel cricket guts that could break down black liquor. The waste product from making paper is hard to digest and often burned or dumped into rivers. Researchers travel to the rainforest looking for insects and other animals that could produce useful compounds.
Our houses are homes to hidden worlds of bugs. And the more ecologists explore those worlds, the more they realize that some of our tiny roommates actually have a lot to teach us.
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