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Or a big baked potato (without the skin).High-carbohydrate foods fill up your body\u2019s fuel tanks with easily burnable energy, putting the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-08-13T14:29:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/13\/2020-2:29pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"It\u2019s the night before the marathon. You\u2019ve been training for months and now it\u2019s go time. What\u2019s for dinner? Huge bowl of pasta, probably. But however far you\u2019re going to run, it\u2019s probably nowhere near 350 kilometers, which is how far migrating locusts will fly in a single night. And before their epic journeys, locusts carbo-load too, according to a study published this month by an ASU scientist. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"It\u2019s the night before the marathon. You\u2019ve been training for months and now it\u2019s go time. What\u2019s for dinner?Huge bowl of pasta, probably. Or rice with veggies. 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Then Ethiopia. Now they\u2019re ravaging most of East Africa, and there\u2019s no sign of them stopping anytime soon.Locusts of biblical proportions \u2014 estimated as high as 360 billion \u2014 are destroying crops and farmlands throughout Africa in places where food insecurity is\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-02-14T11:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/14\/2020-11:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Locusts of biblical proportions are destroying crops and farmlands throughout Africa in places where food insecurity is already high. ASU Now consulted with Arianne Cease and Rick Overson, leaders of the ASU Global Locust Initiative, to learn more about these insects, their eating habits and patterns, and what can be done to prevent outbreaks.","teaser":"First they devastated Somalia. Then Ethiopia. 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It\u2019s no surprise that locusts are one of the 10 plagues in the biblical book Exodus. These insects are species of grasshoppers that can swarm in the millions and wipe out fields of crops in the blink of an eye.The\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-11-27T12:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/27\/2018-12:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Locusts have afflicted humanity throughout history, with devastating consequences. These insects are species of grasshoppers that can swarm in the millions and wipe out fields of crops in the blink of an eye. The Global Locust Initiative, an Arizona State University program aiming to study and manage locust outbreaks, recently won a half-million-dollar grant from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (a part of the U.S. Agency for International Development).","teaser":"Locusts have afflicted humanity throughout history, with devastating consequences. 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