The eerie video you’re about to watch captures the moment when a malaria parasite invades a human red blood cell – this is the first time that such an event has been caught in moving pictures. More »
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“Did aeroplanes come from the R&D department of a train company or a steamship company?” Nathan Myhrvold asks, rhetorically, his voice cracking. He’s explaining how his company, Intellectual Ventures, is going to reinvent the way things are invented. More »
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Remember that amazing mosquito-zapping laser we saw a while back? Here is a better look at it and other tech which will hopefully kill malaria and those annoying buzzing beasts which spread it. More »
Bill Gates is on another charitable streak through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a $US100,000 investment to find a way to fight childhood malaria with chocolate and gum. More »
Watch Bill Gates loose a swarm of mosquitoes on a room full of rich people and brainiacs at his TED talk,just to make a point about malaria:
The scientists behind the “Star Wars” missile defence program have created a badass new weapons system that can destroy millions of mosquitoes in mere minutes using lasers.
