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If mosquitoes were to become extinct, would the ecosystem collapse?
Every day, Jitwadi Murphy opens a stuffy padlocked room at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, to a swarm of malarial mosquitoes. She grinds up fish food and feeds it to millions of tsetse, then delivers unconscious mice for the many "pregnant mosquitoes" to suck blood from their abdomens - they suck 24 of these rodents dry each month. Murphy has studied mosquitoes for 20 years and has worked to limit the spread of parasitic organisms carried by mosquitoes. That said, Murphy says she'd still rather wipe mosquitoes out of the world altogether.
By conant abram3 years ago in Earth
The remarkable power of Australian kelp
re than 45,000 years ago, by the shore of present-day Tasmania, a local person picked up a large piece of thick, dark brown seaweed. Its impervious tissue and resilient flexibility sparked an idea, and they realised that this giant piece of seaweed could solve one of the day's nagging problems. The piece of kelp was fashioned into a small rubbery bag, its edges perforated with a stick to give it structure, and plant fibres twisted around the stick to make a handle. From then on, the kelp was used as a versatile water carrier.
By Gu Wei Di Qi3 years ago in Earth
Why Peru is reviving a pre-Incan technology for water
Pre-pandemic, in the austral winter, I drove north out of Lima, up into Peru's highlands to the village of Huamantanga (wa-mon-TONG-a). I was traveling with scientists who were studying local farmers' use of a 1,400-year-old technique to extend water availability into the long dry season.
By Gu Wei Di Qi3 years ago in Earth
Want to Know What Dinosaur Has 500 Teeth? Find Out Here
Want to Know What Dinosaur Has 500 Teeth? Find Out Here The internet brings up hundreds of terrific things every day. One of those trending things is what dinosaur has 500 teeth. People are falling so much for this thing. They are searching google for an answer to this like crazies, so much so that even Google’s auto-suggestions show it.
By Abhishek Saini3 years ago in Earth
What are genetically modified mosquitoes?
Humans have been suffering from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and bone pain fever, struggling for many years, many years of effort, we finally saw a ray of light that can inhibit the growth of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. However, not yet happy, some people say that genetically modified mosquitoes can harm the natural ecology. Look at the positive and negative side of each side of the word, the public can only open their eyes and feel the head, but can not figure it out! In the end, the release of genetically modified mosquitoes is good or bad?
By conant abram3 years ago in Earth
Why did snakes evolve their legs, and is it really more advantageous to walk on their stomachs?
Snakes are one of the coldest killers in nature. They are natural hunting machines. They use spitting letters to analyze chemicals in the air, and they use the ground to sense the vibrations brought by prey and predators. Some snakes even have infrared sensing capabilities. The body temperature of the prey can also be sensed in the absence of light.
By sondra mallen3 years ago in Earth
