Who knew stinky feet could be good for something? Scientists say smelly, soggy and dirty socks may control malaria. And the smellier, the better. The musky odor of human feet can be used to attract ...

Just you wait until the world’s governments are putting out the call for smelly socks—suddenly that bulging gym bag hidden in your dormitory’s wardrobe seems a lot more valuable. To Tanzania anyway, ...

Malaria kills an estimated 800,000 people worldwide every year. But it might have met its match in an unlikely team that includes Bill Gates, and a whole lot of stinky feet. Here, a brief guide: What ...

As it turns out, smelly socks can do more than stink up the laundry basket. In an effort to combat malaria, researchers in Tanzania are developing devices that use human foot odor to lure mosquitoes.

You may have heard the breaking news story earlier this week about a man in China that, for whatever reason, smelled his dirty socks at the end of every day and ended up hospitalized for a lung ...

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — As a boy in remote western Kenya, Fredros Okumu sat under the stars, smothered by the smoke of the family fire, until it was time to go to bed. Even now, ...

Mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite are significantly more attracted to human odors -- in this case smelly socks -- than are uninfected mosquitoes, researchers reported Wednesday. Scientists ...