Scent lures infected mosquitoes into traps
(NEWSER) - Your smelly clothes hamper could soon save lives. Researchers in Tanzania are testing dirty socks as a way to prevent malaria, reports the Washington Post . The scent of the socks lure mosquitoes infected with the disease into traps, where they're poisoned and die. If it works, it'll provide a low-cost method to preventing malaria, which kills 900,000 people each year, notes Global Post . More»
