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This week, Melissa and Jam close out the mosquitos series with part 4 (If you missed the previous three, go check them out). What does the future look like for humans and mosquitos? Can we finally achieve peace? What are scientists working on, ways to make us invisible to mosquitos, or ways to kill them all? Or can things even get better at all? Let's find out. Scientists, we're counting on you, don't let us down.

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References from this episode

  1. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/30/464740275/whats-the-best-way-to-keep-mosquitoes-from-biting
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301798264_Discovery_of_Repellents_from_Natural_Products
  3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2015/august/sweetgrass.html
  4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31839454/
  5. https://news.fiu.edu/2019/scientists-bait-mosquitoes-with-one-of-earths-most-common-scents
  6. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2018-1289.ch013
  7. https://libproxy.library.unt.edu:2337/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2018-1289.ch013
  8. https://axial.acs.org/2018/09/05/hear-the-buzz-about-a-new-class-of-mosquito-repellents/
  9. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.8b03652
  10. KILL 'EM ALL - Radiolab - WNYC


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