By blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces, modern homes often invite mosquitoes. But there are ways to prevent them and the diseases they carry By Dr Véronique Paris, Nick Bell and Professor Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne A casual scroll through the real estate ads of suburban Melbourne reveals a popular feature: modern […]
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Ary Hoffmann, The University of Melbourne and Caitlyn Perry, The University of Melbourne The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in households around the world, where it often deposits eggs on rotting flesh without being noticed. We have probably all consumed different body […]
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