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Keeping mosquitoes away may be more important than ever as malaria returns to the continental US …

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Mosquitoes seem to practice discernment when they choose which human they’ll bite. Christopher Potter, a mosquito …

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Mosquitoes looking to feed utilize many qualities of humans to find their prey. Exhaled carbon dioxide, …

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You may not think of yourself as especially odorous but your very breath combines with scents …

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Mosquitoes, relative in size to people, are tiny. How is it that they can locate us …

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