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Perhaps the most important implication of the Cornell group's efforts is that their discovery could one day be used to help control A. aegypti's population. Considering that the diseases the mosquito carries - dengue and yellow fevers, which together affect up to 100 million people a year, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions - recently made the Wildlife Conservation Society's Deadly Dozen wildlife-diseases list, winnowing A. aegypti's numbers has become a bit more urgent. Since this study offers proof that females are not promiscuous - they won't mate for a day or so following...
Whatever the outcome of this study, don't expect to see an electronic pest-control device set to 1,200 Hz to block A. aegypti's mating call. At that frequency, Hoy says, "it would drive humans nuts...
...Defense Minister Ehud Barak--both of whom are running for Prime Minister--will want to bear the costs or consequences of a full-scale invasion and prolonged occupation of the refugee camps and cities that constitute Hamas' strongholds. On the other side, Hamas does not want to lose control of Gaza. For both sides, this war has always been about renegotiating the terms of the cease-fire that had held for five months...
...terms of a new truce will need to include: no rocket fire on Israeli civilians, no offensive Israeli operations, an international mechanism for enforcing a ban on smuggling offensive weapons, Palestinian Authority (PA) involvement in the control of open passages, and large-scale humanitarian and reconstruction assistance funneled through the PA rather than via Hamas...
While I know Home is still a work in progress, Sony ought to lighten up and give its users tools to build things, as the more adult-oriented virtual world Second Life has done. The past five years have been all about putting the users in control, which is especially smart in a place many people gather. To succeed, Sony needs to understand that an avatar's virtual Home ought to be his castle--not just Sony's mall...