Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging
Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers.
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What if we killed all mosquitoes?
The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease.
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US 'golden generation' raises World Cup hosts' expectations
With home advantage, a forgiving group draw, and a talented roster widely dubbed the United States' "golden generation," coach Mauricio Pochettino is daring fans to ask "Why not us?"
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Oil climbs but markets shrug off US-Iran deadlock
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as US-Iran talks stalled, while markets were mixed as traders appeared to shrug off uncertainty over the 10-week-old war.
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New Zealand boss Rennie calls up Henry to be All Blacks selector
World Cup-winning former coach Graham Henry has been appointed as an All Blacks selector, New Zealand boss Dave Rennie said on Tuesday.
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Mitchell magic as Cavs down Pistons to level series
Donovan Mitchell went on a record-tying second-half scoring spree as the Cleveland Cavaliers bagged a series-leveling 112-103 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals on Monday.
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Dengue outpaces virus-blocking mosquitoes in Brazil
Brazilian scientist Luciano Moreira tenderly handles a glass box of swarming mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that blocks the transmission of dengue.
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'Seeds of instability': Health disinfo targets Philippine leader
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos last month jogged out of his office and broke into impromptu jumping jacks in an attempt to dispel rumours he was paralysed, dying of late-stage cancer, or dead.
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Vitamins over vaccines: misinformation entrenched amid Indonesia measles surge
A surge in measles cases in Indonesia has made stay-at-home mother Fitri Fransiskha uneasy -- but not enough to vaccinate her four children against the highly contagious and deadly virus.
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Epstein files on display at New York pop-up exhibit, all 3.5 million pages
A US transparency advocacy group has opened a temporary exhibition in New York with only one text on display: a print-out of all the files released by the US Department of Justice -- roughly 3.5 million pages -- relating to financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
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