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bluesky 40d ago 03cd7bb1… source ↗
Your Insect Repellent Might Attract Mosquitoes That Learn to Associate It With Food : ScienceAlert https://www.europesays.com/uk/993615/ Mosquito repellents are key to protect ourselves from mosquit...
Your Insect Repellent Might Attract Mosquitoes That Learn to Associate It With Food : ScienceAlert https://www.europesays.com/uk/993615/ Mosquito repellents are key to protect ourselves from mosquito bites and the pathogens they might carry. The most…
bluesky 41d ago 1cef8391… source ↗
Your Insect Repellent Might Attract Mosquitoes That Learn to Associate It With Food www.sciencealert.com/your-insect-...
bluesky 31d ago a227c798… source ↗
I can't recall where I read it but mosquitos are attracted to some repellents now as they associate them with food. >_<
abc_au 42d ago b8cef48d… source ↗
Insect repellent may not always keep mozzies away, study suggests
Insect repellent may not always keep mozzies away, study suggests Scientists have found that mosquitoes in the lab can be trained to connect the smell of a widely used repellent with food, but repellents are still the best way to protect yourself.
dailysabah 41d ago e4115473… source ↗
Mosquitoes may adapt to widely used insect repellent: Study
Mosquitoes may adapt to widely used insect repellent: Study Mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of the world's most common insect repellent with a tasty meal and after training can even prefer to bite people who have been spray...

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rendered 39d ago · 3 items considered across 3 blocs · model Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

No verdict, no pronouncement. The model extracts atomic factual claims with verbatim quotes; every quote is validated against the source text and corroboration is computed by counting how many editorially-opposed blocs assert each fact.

The spine · 1 fact corroborated across ≥2 opposed blocs

Mosquitoes in the lab can be trained to connect the smell of a widely used repellent with food.
turkeywestern
abc_au“Scientists have found that mosquitoes in the lab can be trained to connect the smell of a widely used repellent with food” dailysabah“Mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of the world's most common insect repellent with a tasty meal”

Single-source · 3 — reported by one bloc only (uncorroborated)

Mosquitoes, after training, can even prefer to bite people who have been sprayed with the repellent.
dailysabah
Repellents are still the best way to protect yourself from mosquito bites.
abc_au
Mosquito repellents are key to protect ourselves from mosquito bites and the pathogens they might carry.
bluesky

Framing · 3 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)

abc_au “Insect repellent may not always keep mozzies away, study suggests” → A study suggests insect repellent may not always keep mosquitoes away
dailysabah “Mosquitoes may adapt to widely used insect repellent: Study” → A study indicates mosquitoes may adapt to widely used insect repellent
bluesky “Your Insect Repellent Might Attract Mosquitoes That Learn to Associate It With Food : ScienceAlert” → A headline claims insect repellent might attract mosquitoes that learn to associate it with food

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