Science
Sunday, 6/28, 04:08 AM
Sri Lanka turns to drones to fight mosquitoes as dengue surges
- With dengue cases nearing 50,000 this year and hospitals filling up, Sri Lanka has deployed drones and military personnel to hunt down the hidden pools of water where disease-carrying mosquitoes breed — part of a growing global turn to aerial technology against a disease that now threatens half the world's population.