Can a task force of insects carrying genetically modified viruses save America's farms — or are they an uncontrollable bioweapon in the making?
This is the debate swirling around a controversial new Pentagon research project called "Insect Allies." Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the project involves using gene-editing techniques like CRISPR to infect insects with modified viruses that could help make America's crops more resilient.