malaria

Random Stuff

Bill Gates Seeks To Cure Malaria With Lollies

6:00PM Rosa Golijan | 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 »
Random Stuff

Watch Bill Gates Unleash a Live Mosquito Swarm on a Room Full of Important People

11:00AM Matt Buchanan | 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: More »
Weapons

Mosquito-Targeting Laser Gun Eradicates Bugs with Extreme Prejudice

2:50AM Adam Frucci | 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. More »
Science

Badass Scientists Prepare Anti-Mosquito Laser

6:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Sure, this project is the product of a great humanitarian impulse: wiping out malaria, which claims about a million lives a year. But you can tell the astrophysicists are having a blast with it, too. More »
Phones

Modded Mobile Phone Analyses Blood to Detect HIV, Malaria, and More

4:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | Scientists at UCLA modded an ordinary phone into a portable blood analyser that can detect diseases at a very low cost. The hack could save lives in poorer areas that can’t afford expensive equipment. More »