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[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Really important to read the details here. I was so ready to be mad at those scientists after only reading the title.

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Has science gone too far!?

The lab-raised, male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malaria

No.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, this is a good example of what science and engineering are for. That title reads like it's pro-mosquito. I don't think they're an important part of the food chain, so I was baffled for a little bit. After reading further, I was relieved to find it was anti-mosquito/malaria. Perhaps science hasn't gone far enough. I'd be happy to see the extinction of mosquitoes in my lifetime. We as a species have killed off many before, but this is probably the taxonomic family that most deserves to die.

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