Episode Details

The biting dynamics of the world’s deadliest mosquitoes: meet the researcher who rolled up her sleeves and endured more than 1,000 mosquito bites, all to understand how these deadly little creatures bite and guzzle our blood.

Also today: 

• Astronomers spot ghostly green star
• Stubby-legged sled dogs pull loads better
• Inside the stinky, spooky, magical world of bogs
• How a Zombie-like state lets cancer cells escape chemo

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