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Computer Scientists Are Obsessed With Termites

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Termites gobble up $40 billion worth of our stuff annually. Lisa Margonelli joins host joins to talk about these largely misunderstood insects, whose collective power may one day actually be harnessed for good. Her new book is called “Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).