Music to his ears: NJIT professor finds the song in insect sounds that drive us buggy

Music to his ears: NJIT professor finds the song in insect sounds that drive us buggy (via Cranford Chronicle)

To most of us, it’s a plague. After 17 years underground, the cicadas invade, blanketing lawns and streets, flying uninvited into faces and droning incessantly. But to David Rothenberg, the sound of the cicada — and the cricket, and the katydid, and the waterbug — is a song. "They have very beautiful…