Member-only storyCicadas: The Beautiful Bugs Using Prime Numbers to Stay AliveCicadas use prime numbers to emerge to avoid being eaten by predators who have shorter life cycles. This spring, two cicada broods, 13-year-cyle and 17-year-cyle, known as Brood XIX and Brood XIII, will emerge at the same time across the Midwest and Southeast US, something that hasn’t happened since 1803. Experts estimate over 1 trillion…Ali·Follow5 min read·Apr 24, 2024--1Share