Buzzkill

In the whole of human history, no predator has killed more of us than the lowly mosquito. And this killing spree, which we still struggle in vain to stop, means the mosquito has been an outsized force in our history — from altering the fate of empires to changing our DNA. This week, three stories of the quiet legacy and the potential future of the mosquito.

If you would like to read more on the topic, here's a list:

• The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy C. Winegard
• Here's the Plan to End Malaria With Crispr-Edited Mosquitoes (Wired Magazine)
• Self-destructing mosquitoes and sterilized rodents: the promise of gene drives (Nature)

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