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Forest SOS: Earth’s green lungs disappear

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Forests, particularly tropical ones, are fundamental to the fight against climate change. They produce oxygen, store carbon and are home to millions of people and animals. Yet they are disappearing at an alarming rate.

Dengue fever outbreak halted by release of special mosquitoes

And when mosquitoes or the viruses adapt? Then what?

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Insects unable to transmit viruses halted disease in Australian city – now scientists hope same technique could help tackle Zika and malaria

The first large-scale deployment of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which makes them unable to transmit viruses, has stopped all outbreaks of dengue fever in a city in northern Australia for the last four years.

The success of the project in Townsville, Queensland, will encourage hopes that Wolbachia can provide a knockout blow against the Zika virus in Brazil as well, where the mosquitoes have been introduced into the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Until now, the technology has looked promising but has only been tried in small pilot projects around the world of 1 to 1.5 square km.

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U.S. judge halts 3-D printed gun blueprints hours before planned release

Nightmare in the works but even if these plans are not allowed for open public download – how long – if it is not already available – before hundreds of guns geeks draw up plans and start e-mailing to “friends” and “fiends.” There are no more secrets about good or evil – just choosing to choose good and encouraging good. And outlawing evil acts and the promotion of evil, to the best of our ability… A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked the planned release of blueprints for 3-D printed guns hours before they were set to hit the internet, siding with several states that sued to halt publication of designs to make weapons that security screening may not detect.

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