Google mosquito army: Scientists say 'we must take action'

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Google's Debug research program plans to release millions of sterile mosquitoes to combat disease-carrying species like those that spread dengue fever. The biotech approach works by breeding sterile male mosquitoes that mate with wild females, preventing reproduction and collapsing local populations without chemical pesticides. Scientists argue the intervention is justified given dengue's massive human toll, though the initiative raises thorny questions about deliberately altering ecosystems and whether humanity should engineer nature at this scale.