Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes
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How are you dealing with mosquitoes and flies?
The news has been talking about the burst of mosquito activity, thanks to warm weather and moisture everywhere. In our typically bug-free home, we've lately been swatting a half dozen flying...
The news has been talking about the burst of mosquito activity, thanks to warm weather and moisture everywhere. In our typically bug-free home, we've lately been swatting a half dozen flying insects a day, mostly flies and fruit flies, and a mosquito here and there.
I'm not necessarily scared of West Nile, Eastern equine encephalitis, or dengue virus, but I'm wondering if anyone has any good tricks for dealing with all these bugs.
How are you dealing with mosquitoes and flies at home?
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Dengue fever spreading to new countries, including the US due to climate change, among other factors
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A discovery among the mummies reveals a sick, sad truth. Parasitic worms plagued these ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.
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Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya
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New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind.
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An extremely common microbe can stop the insects from spreading the virus that causes dengue fever
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Florida mosquitoes: 750 million genetically modified insects to be released
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US Environmental Protection Agency grants first permit to test genetically modified mosquitoes
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A Google plan to wipe out mosquitoes appears to be working
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Gene-drive technology could alter entire species, help eliminate malaria and prevent extinctions, but assessing the risks is difficult
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus — Another emergent arbovirus in the United States
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GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: study
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Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
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Where disease-carrying mosquitoes will go in the future
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Scientists release controversial genetically modified mosquitoes in high-security lab
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The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick, and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years
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