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The Malaria Cycle Illustrated in Pictures

In that tiny proboscis, death could well await. Malaria – caused not by mosquitoes per se but parasites carried only by the Anopheles mosquito – affects up to 500 million people every year. Of those, it kills a further one to three million individuals, the vast majority in sub-Saharan Africa, and is a major barrier to economic development. So what’s the story of how this deadly disease comes to infect humans?

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India’s Incredible Solar-Powered Rickshaws

Anyone who has ever ridden in an auto-rickshaw in India will know the experience, though exciting, can lead to a few extra grey hairs, or a handful in some cases, either due to the adrenalin rush of being cut up by vehicles with little regard for lanes, or the stress of breathing in clouds of exhaust fumes. If these scenes sound familiar you’ll be happy to know it’s soon set to change.

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