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  Dengue Fever and Zika Virus Make Humans More Attractive to Mosquitoes

  smithsonianmag.com - Sam Zlotnik

  Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes cause hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. With malaria causing more than 600,000 fatalities a year, it is …

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  Can a Mental Health App Help You Deal With Anxiety?

  smithsonianmag.com - Antonia Mufarech

  The everyday stressors of modern life would take a toll on anyone's mental health, but the past few years, with mounting social unrest, the …

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  What Causes Swaths of the Ocean to Glow a Magnificent Milky Green?

  smithsonianmag.com - Sam Keck Scott, Hakai

  The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by. Alone at the helm in the middle of the Arabian Sea, somewhere between Oman and …

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  Whale-Sized Marine Reptiles Once Ruled the Seas

  smithsonianmag.com - Riley Black

  The Swiss Alps might seem like a strange place to go searching for ocean life. The landlocked country is far from the ocean, the highest peaks in the …

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  How the Earth's Mantle Sends Water Up Toward the Surface

  smithsonianmag.com - Theo Nicitopoulos, Hakai

  Hidden inside the Earth—within the first several hundred kilometers below the crust—there is another ocean. It is, most likely, the largest ocean in …

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  The Monkeys and Parrots Caught Up in the California Gold Rush

  smithsonianmag.com - Bridget Alex

  In March 1853, after sailing seven weeks straight from Nicaragua, 5 monkeys and 50 parrots reached San Francisco. Caged on the wharf, chattering and …