A company called Provector is going to seed the wilds with fake flowers that cure mosquito disease. Each flower is packed with technology that delivers pathogen-killing drugs to the unwary insects, who will be lured to them and then cleansed of diseases like dengue fever and malaria. Hooray for artificial nature. [Scientific American]
Fake Flowers Will Drain Poison From Wild Mosquitoes
2:15 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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