Among all the beasts in the animal kingdom, perhaps none is more dangerous to humans than the mosquito. The whiny insects aren’t just irritating — they can be deadly
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Climate change doesn’t just shift weather patterns. It can force the migration of plants, people, animals, bugs — and disease
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What is the deadliest animal on earth? It’s a question that brings to mind fearsome lions, tigers, sharks and crocodiles. But the answer is an animal that is no more than 1 centimeter long
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UN Treaty Agrees to Limit Gene Drives But Rejects a MoratoriumNovember 30, 2018 |
Treaty’s vague language on how researchers can release engineered organisms has both opponents and supporters of the technology claiming victory
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Ban on ‘Gene Drives’ Is Back on the UN’s Agenda – Worrying ScientistsNovember 15, 2018 |
Research is moving fast on the divisive genetic technology, which could help to eradicate diseases but also risks altering ecosystems in unpredictable ways
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This Is How Scientists Mail Live Mosquitoes To Their FriendsNovember 9, 2018 |
In the near future, it’s likely that mosquito-borne diseases will be fought using mosquitoes themselves. But a mosquito often flies no more than a tenth of a mile in its lifetime. That means to use this technique, scientists have to perfect the art of shipping many thousands of live mosquitoes to precise locations for release
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No One Knows Exactly What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Were to DisappearSeptember 24, 2018 |
A four-year experiment sets out to study the ecological consequences of a bold scheme to end malaria
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If we decide to use it. The debate over whether to use genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria, explained
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