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Science has finally caught up with William Blake's "The Fly" (1794):
"In recent years, research has accumulated suggesting that insects—long treated as morally negligible—exhibit forms of learning and memory, tool usage, playfulness, and mood states... If insects do indeed possess even a basic form of sentience, do we owe them a different kind of consideration, even when ecological management is necessary?"

Did We Really Need to Squash All the Lanternflies?
An unorthodox request from New York City officials prompts questions on sentience, human nature, and the meaning of "invasive."