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Scientists Breed Spermless Mosquitoes In Effort to End Malaria

10:42 am in ecology, health care, insects, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

male mosquito photo Photo by Leszek.Leszczynski via Flickr CC In an effort to slow the spread of malaria, scientists are trying to go to the source -- not just by stopping mosquitoes, but stopping how mosquitoes reproduce. Scientists have bred a spermless male mosquito that could be released into the wild to reduce mosquito populations....Read the full story on TreeHugger

The History of the Bathroom Part 3: Putting Plumbing Before People

1:34 pm in bathroom, health care, toilet, wayback machine by TreeHugger

american bathroom 1915 image Image credit Siegfried Gideon via Thomas Wagner The really amazing thing about this standard "bathroom" from 1915, ninety-seven years ago, is how much it looks like the standard bathrooms of today. How did it get this way, and how did we get stuck in such a rut? ...Read the full story on TreeHugger