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Synthetic biology and technological advances are often framed in film through a narrative lens of fear and misunderstanding. This has been the case in literature and media dating back to Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein. This novel is often cited as the first science fict…

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, is non-native, invasive ant that arrived in the United States in the 1930s. It is now distributed throughout the southern US where it is found in both urban and rural habitats. The American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Sa…