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The album is titled “Radical Optimism” and was released on Friday, May 3, 2024 The album is titled “Radical Optimism” and was released on Friday, May 3, 2024

The album is titled “Radical Optimism” and was released on Friday, May 3, 2024 The album is titled “Radical Optimism” and was released on Friday, May 3, 2024

The largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will co-emerge with a midwestern brood of 17-year cicadas, Brood XIII

The largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will co-emerge with a midwestern brood of 17-year cicadas, Brood XIII

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This event will affect 17 states, from Maryland west to Iowa and south into Arkansas, Alabama and northern Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland

This event will affect 17 states, from Maryland west to Iowa and south into Arkansas, Alabama and northern Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland

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A co-emergence like this of two specific broods with different life cycles happens only once every 221 years

A co-emergence like this of two specific broods with different life cycles happens only once every 221 years

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The last time these two groups emerged together was in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president

The last time these two groups emerged together was in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president

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For about four weeks, scattered wooded and suburban areas will ring with cicadas’ distinctive whistling, buzzing and chirping mating calls

For about four weeks, scattered wooded and suburban areas will ring with cicadas’ distinctive whistling, buzzing and chirping mating calls

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After mating, each female will lay hundreds of eggs in pencil-size tree branches. Then the adult cicadas will die

After mating, each female will lay hundreds of eggs in pencil-size tree branches. Then the adult cicadas will die

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Once the eggs hatch, new cicada nymphs will fall from the trees and burrow back underground, starting the cycle again

Once the eggs hatch, new cicada nymphs will fall from the trees and burrow back underground, starting the cycle again

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