A war is raging in your backyard between the "good" and "bad" mosquitoes.
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Look beyond transgenic techniques that add new genes to a species. People have used selective breeding techniques to change plants and animals for millennia – why not try them on mosquitoes?
How does an institution like the World Bank come to put a price tag on a virus like Zika or any other health calamity?
Aedes aegypti is adapted to live in close proximity with humans, and this close association likely contributes to the severity of the Zika outbreak.
Satellite imaging can locate mosquito-friendly environments, allowing us to predict the advance of diseases they carry.
Despite all the hype around Zika, crucial questions remain unanswered. How great is the risk that infection during pregnancy would result in a baby with microcephaly? And what can be done to prevent this?
Insecticides and mosquito nets only get you so far. Synthetic biologists are ready to take the battle against mosquito-borne disease to the level of DNA – which might spell the insects’ ultimate doom.
They spread disease and misery and account for millions of deaths every year. There's not a lot to be said for mosquitoes.
Zika was discovered almost 70 years ago, but wasn't associated with outbreaks until 2007. So how did this formerly obscure virus wind up causing so much trouble in Brazil?
They’re small, spindly insects but their threat never dwindles – the bites of mosquitoes threaten death and disease in many parts of the world.
There's something about mosquitoes that means they don't get sick from the infections they carry. So can we turn that function off, genetically?
Bees, wasps and ants – a group known as Hymenoptera – can claim the title of deadliest insects. How did they evolve to be so painful?
Could this relatively unknown virus become a household name in the Americas in the year to come?
A good summer picnic, bushwalk or barbecue with friends and family can all be ruined by those annoying flies that never leave you alone. So what are they after?
The ethics of genetically modified mosquitoes and the gene-drive technology that seeks to spread them.
New genetic technology could change the DNA of entire species to prevent them from spreading diseases.
While slipping on a wrist band or sticking on a patch may be an attractive alternative, they’re unlikely to provide any substantial protection from biting mosquitoes.
Solar is a vital piece of the energy puzzle for Africa, but there is an insect problem that comes with the light from solar.
The irritating buzz that rings in your ear in the dead of the night comes from an insect barely traceable with your naked eye. Here are a few facts worth knowing about the mosquito.
Across the world scientists are trying to find a new drug that the malaria carrying parasite will struggle to develop a resistance to.
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Cameron Webb est un·e adhérent·e de The ConversationClinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Medical Entomologist, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Professor, School of BioSciences and Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medicine, St George's, University of London
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Associate professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Dean, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (U.Tasmania), University of Tasmania
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Research Chair, Integrated Vector Management in the Vector Control Cluster, Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Visiting Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA, and Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Glasgow
