2023-07-31

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Journey to the Microcosmos

Under the microscope, mosquitos undergo a metamorphosis sculpted in gold. The buzzing body takes on a life of its own, its usual role as menace lying far beyond the margins of the screen.

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SOURCES:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/db29bbc6-e7f2-99df-380e9f8050d985cf/

https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/370256/view/coloured-sem-of-scale-like-hairs-on-mosquito-wing

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-30-new-study-sheds-light-how-mosquitoes-wing-it

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985972/

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/07/480653821/watch-mosquitoes-use-6-needles-to-suck-your-blood

https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/about/what-is-a-mosquito.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329577/

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadliest-animal.html

https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/index.html

https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/reports/world-malaria-report-2022

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5186751/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7481949/