Messing with fly DNA didn’t end well for Jeff Goldblum, but a team of Aussie scientists reckon that genetically engineering the insects could solve one of our biggest problems. The team at Sydney’s Macquarie University says tweaking the genetics of black soldier flies (you know, the ones we’re constantly swatting…) would enable their larvae to consume a wider range of organic waste, drastically reducing the amount of methane entering our atmosphere. That would help tackle climate change big time… The flies are already used commercially to consume food scraps, but this could be the “next frontier”. Fun fact: they can eat double their body weight a day… Time to celebrate instead of shooing away these little guys when they’re buzzing around.