'Cuban crickets, not weapon, heard by US diplomats'

In 2016, US diplomats in Havana began to report ear pain and other symptoms from a high-frequency noise, leading Washington to withdraw half its embassy staff and to expel Cuban diplomats in retaliation. But a study by two biologists assessed a purported recording of the noise and said it matched the mating song of the Indies short-tailed cricket.

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