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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, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The smell of old socks can help fight malaria by attracting mosquitoes to a trap outdoors, scientists have found, and on Wednesday donors announced new funding to help develop ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Those with noses of steel are invited to smell what Lysol is calling the World’s Stinkiest Sock outside of Fenway Park, and will be joined by Boston native Rachel Dratch. Scientists ...

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, ...

The stinky smell of sweaty socks might repulse humans, but scientists now find it enthralls mosquitoes and spiders. The odor apparently helps the creatures hunt down their victims — the mosquitoes ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists have identified the molecules that make our clothes smell. Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can’t always be washed out on an ...

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