What if human blood were toxic to mosquitoes? A drug can make it so Nature - A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Mosquitoes die after drinking the blood of people taking a drug for metabolic disorders — a discovery that could help to prevent the spread of malaria

https://go.nature.com/4cl6dQP

Asia Was Winning the Fight Against Malaria. Then Trump Returned Medical workers were tantalizingly close to eradicating malaria in much of Southeast Asia. But US cuts to foreign aid have put progress at risk.

Medical workers were tantalizingly close to eradicating malaria in much of Southeast Asia. But US cuts to foreign aid have put progress at risk.

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

Asteroid's chances of hitting Earth have nearly doubled in a week, ESA scientist warns An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

I can't lie, this is so soothing right now

And I’m not sure anyone figured out what was going on with the sawfish either.

Something Weird Is Killing Great White Sharks In The North Atlantic The race is on to figure out what's behind these deaths.

This IFLScience article quotes me

www.iflscience.com/something-we... 🦑🌎🧪🐠🦈

People who study whale conservation and people who study the impacts of offshore wind on marine life say offshore wind doesn’t kill whales, and provide evidence.

Conspiracy theory loons say offshore wind does kill whales, and provide absolutely no evidence.

Who should we believe?

My bad.

Wait a minute, we grew up saturated in American GI Joe hero stories, self-glorifying hollywood civil rights movies and when the bad guy finally tries to destroy America…. Nothing?

YouTube video by The Golden Circle Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Caroline Kennedy, cousin to the current pick for HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, has penned a scathing letter warning senators about her cousin, calling him a "predator."

She also says her father and uncle would be "disgusted" by RFK, Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...

Gross.

And on a day where Snoop should’ve been reflecting on MLK and his sacrifice to get him to where he is today. MLK is rolling in his grave.

Absolutely! I feel like this is one giant slap in the face 😭

I’m reading “Hello Beautiful.”

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the…

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol

I joke with my other celiac pals about the “gluten-free tax,” the extra we have to pay for gluten free versions of staples like pasta or bread

But Girl Scouts don’t charge a gluten-free tax, their gluten-free cookies are the same price as the rest, making them some of the cheapest GF cookies around