Scientists Find That Mosquito Flight Is Unlike Anything Else
We all know the bloodcurdling sound of a bloodsucking mosquito that has made its way into our general vicinity. It’s a…
Scientists Hope to Eradicate Disease With Massive Mosquito Orgy
The mosquito genocide is beginning. Millions of genetically modified versions of the useless vampire insects are being…
All The Most Revolting Mosquitoes from Science Fiction and Fantasy
Everybody knows that mosquitoes are bastards. The other day, we learned this has been true for 46 million years. And…
Microscopic View of Bloodsucking Mosquito Will Basically Ruin Your Day
Me, after watching this video: Hello, fire-store? I'd like to place an order for some of your very best hot, glowing,…
What It Looks Inside You When a Mosquito Bites You
This is a video of a mosquito inserting itself into the flesh of a mouse in search of some blood. Scientists were able…
How to Keep Mosquitoes Out of Your Yard
I have had it with these motherf*cking mosquitoes at these motherf*cking outdoor dinner parties. To prevent the little…
The secret to preventing malaria might be in our body odor
Even though malaria deaths are down a very encouraging 25%, it remains one of the most devastating diseases in the…
Warding Off Mosquitos Is Easy. Just Start With an Orange...
Unplggd offers a great little how-to for anyone hates mosquitoes (read: everyone) and is sick of buying new candles and…
Scientists create spermless males to fight the spread of malaria
A female mosquito will mate just once in her entire lifetime. After doing the deed, her drive to mate is turned off,…
Smelly Socks Are Fighting Off Malaria-Ridden Mosquitoes Like a Footballer Does the Supermodels
Just you wait until the world's governments are putting out the call for smelly socks—suddenly that bulging gym bag…
Can 6,000 Mutant Mosquitoes Kill Off Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever. It causes pain, nausea, and can be deadly. Worst of all, there's no known cure or vaccine. Which is why…
Device may stop dengue fever by slaughtering pregnant mosquitos
Put this one in the "We'd feel bad about it if they were mammals" files. With dengue fever infections on the rise and…
Malaria-carrying mosquito could be evolving into two separate species
As one of the primary carriers of malaria, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito is one of the most dangerous animals in the…
Why you should use lasers to kill bugs
Sure, we have iPhones and running water and imitation crab meat, but when it comes to bugs, most of us still swat them…
Mad Scientists With Lasers Wage War On Malaria And Mosquitos
Remember that amazing mosquito-zapping laser we saw a while back? Here is a better look at it and other tech which…
Japanese Gizmo Plays Mosquito Buzzing Noise To Determine the Age Of Your Blind Date
Train stations in the UK sometimes broadcast mosquito noises that are so high-pitched they can only be heard by those…
This Is a Mosquito Getting Killed By a Laser
You're looking at a mosquito who got taken down mid-flight by a "Death Star" laser gun designed by Nathan Myhrvold.…
Get Your Malaria Vaccine Via Mosquito Bite
Malaria kills over a million people a year, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa where the infected mosquito population is out…
Badass Scientists Prepare Anti-Mosquito Laser
Sure, this project is the product of a great humanitarian impulse: wiping out malaria, which claims about a million…
Scientists Use Mosquito-Mouth Design for Pain-Free Hypodermic Needle
Scientists at Indian Institute of Technology and Tokai University have taken the natural features of a mosquito's…