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In doing your usual excellent job of presenting information in interesting and lighthearted ways, you implied that bug zappers control mosquitoes. In fact, bug zappers don’t attract mosquitoes and therefore kill very few of them. They do kill large numbers of harmless and even beneficial insects, including pollinators and insects such as the crane fly, […]
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ChemistryMosquito Magnets
Your skin chemicals lure blood-sucking insects to their next meal.
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Health & MedicineInto the Tank: Pressurized oxygen is best at countering carbon monoxide exposure
Oxygen treatment for serious carbon monoxide poisoning prevents long-term brain damage best if delivered as pressurized gas.
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Health & MedicineLoosen Up
Bacterial toxin may lead to less painful treatments for diabetes and brain cancer.