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Carbon dioxide traps like the Mosquito Magnet work by emitting a plume of carbon dioxide, heat, moisture and octenol. They do a great job of capturing mosquitoes, but there's a chance they could work too well and attract more mosquitoes than usual to your yard, some of which might bite you on their way to being trapped. --By Lisa McLaughlin
TEMPERATURE Body heat is also a mosquito magnet, which is why heat-absorbing dark clothes put you at greater risk...
...malpractice-insurance bills that are double those of a couple of years ago, forcing many of them to move from high-premium states--like Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania--to more affordable venues like California and Indiana. The crisis is compelling some doctors and medical students to switch from lawsuit-magnet specialties like obstetrics, neurology and pulmonology to "safer" ones like dermatology and ophthalmology, or to refuse to perform high-risk procedures like delivering babies and operating on spines...
...reason; some of these club have a history of sexual assault concerns. If the College wants to offer a safer, more inclusive alternative, student space needs to be open late, allow parties and be accessible to all students. The Quincy Grille, for example, has had significant success as a magnet for undergraduates looking for post-party food and fun. Simultaneously, the College should consider extending room party hours—as rooms are also a relatively safe alternative. Prospective student space must accommodate the happily drunk or it will likely go unused by the students Gross is trying to reach...
...support research and teaching in the nano-scale world was just a gleam in our eyes at the start of the campaign a decade ago,” he said. “We shall have an elegant and powerfully functional lab that’ll be a magnet for both faculty and students in the physical sciences...