Want to attract mosquitoes? Have smelly feet
A mosquito trap uses the odor of smelly socks or similar smelling synthetic bait to lure mosquitoes into a device, where they are poisoned and left to die.
View ArticleScientists develop a sperm-less mosquito: Females lay eggs that don’t hatch
In April I reported on a discovery by scientists, including Andrea Crisanti, of a method to introduce genetic changes in mosquitoes — which are not necessarily beneficial to the survival of the bug —...
View ArticleHow can mosquitoes fly in the pouring rain?
Have you ever wondered how mosquitoes fly in the rain? Consider this: A typical raindrop has a mass 50 times that of the mosquito. That would be like flying a B-52 Stratofortress through a storm of...
View ArticleComing to America: Genetically engineered bloodsuckers
For the first time public health professionals are gearing up to release genetically engineered mosquitoes into the wild. Their goal? Wipe out much of the mosquito carrying population and knock out the...
View ArticleAfter the monsoon will come the mosquitoes
Technically Houston doesn't have monsoons, but the last week has sure felt like that. And after the wettest spell in more than two years, we can expect another kind of nuisance -- or worse -- this week.
View ArticleFlorida doesn’t want to kill all the mosquitoes
Would you be willing to introduce genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce our population of the bloodsucking bugs by 85 percent?
View ArticleAre mosquitoes a secret killer whale killer?
Did you know that whales can get bitten by mosquitoes? Not the wild orcas in the Gulf of Mexico, of course, but rather captive orcas at places like Sea World, in San Antonio. It turns out that captive...
View ArticleHow are you beating the mosquitoes?
If you’ve been outside lately, you know the bugs are bad. The Galveston County Mosquito Control District ominously reported the following on its website earlier this week: We are aware of the current...
View ArticleScience! Indians say nanotechnology may eradicate mosquitoes
Swat. Swat. Swat. Wouldn’t you love to hit the mosquitoes back? Well, read on, fellow mosquito haters. You probably know that a common mosquito-control action advised by public health experts is to...
View ArticleHave Indian scientists solved our little mosquito problem?
Below is the new episode of my video series, which airs every Tuesday and Saturday at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. only on CW39′s NEWSFIX. In my latest video I discuss the tantalizing possibility that Indian...
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