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Dubstep Music Found To Protect Against Mosquito Bites, Says Study (bbc.com)
According to a new study published in the journal Acta Tropica, listening to electronic music -- specifically dubstep, produced by U.S. artist Skrillex -- could protect against mosquito bites. The BBC reports: Sound is "crucial for reproduction, survival, and population maintenance of many animals," says a team of international scientists specializing in mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. They subjected adults of the species Aedes aegypti, known as the yellow fever mosquito, to electronic music to see whether it could work as a repellent. Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, a track by Skrillex which features on his Grammy-award winning album of the same name, was chosen because of its mix of very high and very low frequencies.
"In insects, low-frequency vibrations facilitate sexual interactions, whereas noise disrupts the perception of signals from conspecifics [members of the same species] and hosts," the scientists said. Female adult mosquitoes were "entertained" by the track and attacked hosts later and less often than those in a dubstep-free environment. Scientists said "the occurrence of blood feeding activity was lower when music was being played." The scientists also found that mosquitoes exposed to the song had sex "far less often" than mosquitoes without music. "The observation that such music can delay host attack, reduce blood feeding, and disrupt mating provides new avenues for the development of music-based personal protective and control measures against Aedes-borne diseases."
"In insects, low-frequency vibrations facilitate sexual interactions, whereas noise disrupts the perception of signals from conspecifics [members of the same species] and hosts," the scientists said. Female adult mosquitoes were "entertained" by the track and attacked hosts later and less often than those in a dubstep-free environment. Scientists said "the occurrence of blood feeding activity was lower when music was being played." The scientists also found that mosquitoes exposed to the song had sex "far less often" than mosquitoes without music. "The observation that such music can delay host attack, reduce blood feeding, and disrupt mating provides new avenues for the development of music-based personal protective and control measures against Aedes-borne diseases."
...thought so
Perhaps the Grammy awards can have a new category for best insect repellent.
.. I'd rather take my chances against the mozzies!
Or 365 days early, (if I counted right, there’s a February 29th between now and the next April first).
Also, if this weren’t an April Moron-Day joke, I would have to weigh being bitten by mosquitos and risking contracting various mosquito-borne illnesses against having to listen to dubstep. Not sure which is worse.
Our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed. Summon the meteors.
... retards calling it music.
Bill got caught lying 12-25 times repeatedly stating "Blood plasma is sterile" and then later that "The Chinese Govt does not directly censor Chinese citizens" and other absolute bullshit head-in-ass retard-level lies. You're not trustworthy.
You are not a source of information that anyone should or even could trust, knowing your dishonest history. Sorry. That's what accountability means when you get caught lying repeatedly, over and over, even after directly corrected.
You're a liar, Bill.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47769857
Dubstep Music Found To Protect Against Mosquito Bites
It's like saying that insecticides protect humans against insects.
The conclusion should be that Dubstep music is harmful for mosquitos. And other animals, for example humans.
It's 7pm on the 2nd of April here at GMT+13, but still 1st April in the last time zones. Really annoying to have to put up it April's Fools jokes a whole day later.
The whole thing reads like a joke yet the links appear real and the paper appears to have been published on the 25th March. If you are really going to do such bizarre research the get a clue and don't publish in late March...
...then it's surely a candidate for an Ig Noble Prize!
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I didn't know that the procreation of these little bastards hinged on proximity to humans, thinking they'd get in the jungle to do their thing. Or are there plans to blare music in country-sized territories? Otherwise, the bugs missing out on mating _in your house_ doesn't sound like effective pest control.
"The scientists also found that mosquitoes exposed to the song had sex "far less often" than mosquitoes without music."
s/mosquitoes/humans/g
Dubstep may be many things, but a romantic turn on it ain't.
..also keeps anybody with an IQ above 10 away!
This is a knowledgable post. Great Got to know different aspects of listening to electronic music.
...nobody had mentioned the "mosquito" high pitched noisemaker that is supposed to keep teenage hoodlums from hanging around the front of your store. I'm 42 and I am still able to hear and be irritated by the damn things.
I haven't seen this system in use for a while, so I'm thinking business have wised up and switched to using classical music, or polka to stop teens from loitering.
the mosquitoes stayed the fuck away so they couldn't hear it
thus no one got bitten
I can do that too!:
Dubstep != music.
Weird Al always made it likable.
Gypsies too.
But hipsters got it "fashionable" again.
And of course, BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU)
I like that at the end of the page it states: "Why you can trust BBC News".
That mosquitos, too, are repulsed by dubstep?
Duckduckgoing "Skrillex dubstep" now returns mostly articles about Skrillex music being mosquito repellant.
Skrillex's "music" kills my sex drive too! =,^ )
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Bill got caught lying 12-25 times
Well....it sounds like you've been keeping track. How many is it?
t "The Chinese Govt does not directly censor Chinese citizens"
What is censorship? I don't believe the Chinese governtment CAN directly censor citizens. Do they follow them around with a black bar and put it over the comic sans font above the users head?
I think we all know what you mean but words matter.
In other words
show us proof of 12-25 lies (and then make it a specific number, not hyperbolic ranges) or it didn't happen, and until then we'll all see you as a butt-hurt idiot in his mom's basement upset about someone who posts on slashdot.
WindBourne lies all the time WindBourne. WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies WindBourne lies Eventually the lies become background noise and nobody cares anymore. same as google lies.
"Dubstep" is shit.
The date of this article is 1 April 2019.
Can the world stop this stupidity please. Not everyone is in the same timezone as the stupid Americans.
No one gets laid to Skrillex.
You never expect irony, do you?
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No wonder mosquitos run, i wonder what else runs when hearing this kind of music.
The scientists also found that mosquitoes exposed to the song had sex "far less often" than mosquitoes without music.
I guess that could explain the self-limiting nature of the 90s ...
Could the cars' bass speakers (more powerful than ever) be contributing to insect population decline? I wouldn't mind banning those.
Whether yo0 Disturbing. If you I don'7 want to Software lawyers
Play some Barry White however...
I'd rather have the malaria.
I choose mosquitoes.
Dubstep also repels time-travelling mercenaries hellbent on personal revenge.
Replying to an AC is kind of pointless, but I'll do it anyway. I disagree with ShanghaiBIll often. But that said, whether or not he lies occasionally, as most people on /. do, has nothing to do with the parent comment. He made a joke, which relied on an opinion, not any kind of statement of fact.
Human reproduction as well...
I think we have a problem with the scheduled time at which articles get released. This one was clearly a day late.
Don't feed the trolls.
I would rather get bit by mosquitoes
Even the bugs don't want to listen to that crap.
Repels humans even more effectively.
Did you really just try to verb web searching with an inferior web search engine? Such a fag.
Every single one of those links goes straight to a WindBourne lie.
But you obviously have a similar agenda to him and conveniently fail to realize his lies. How convenient for you.
No idea about your current topic, just like to let people know how much of a liar WindBourne is. You seemed to be interested in lies, but it turns out you aren't. Carry on with your hiding from the truth then.