Mosquitos can learn to be attracted to a person wearing the repellent DEET, that is if the DEET is lightly applied or fades over time, according to a study published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The study emphasized the findings do not mean people should stop using DEET, it’s still one of […]
A form of malaria that infects birds has been found in parts of Alaska, and scientists say the discovery is another indication of climate change in the north. The spread could prove devastating to arctic bird species that have never encountered the disease and thus have no resistance to it, said San Francisco State University […]