{"id":24028,"date":"2026-07-21T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/google-wants-to-release-32-million-sterile-mosquitoes-our-australian-tests-offer-a-valuable-lesson-nigel-beebe-for-the-conversation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:37:17","slug":"google-wants-to-release-32-million-sterile-mosquitoes-our-australian-tests-offer-a-valuable-lesson-nigel-beebe-for-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/google-wants-to-release-32-million-sterile-mosquitoes-our-australian-tests-offer-a-valuable-lesson-nigel-beebe-for-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google wants to release 32 million sterile mosquitoes. Our Australian tests offer a valuable lesson | Nigel Beebe for the Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s \u2018Debug\u2019 project in California and Florida aims to reduce mosquito numbers by releasing millions of sterilised males<\/p>\n

In the United States, Google\u2019s (now Alphabet) Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilised male mosquitoes<\/a> in California and Florida.<\/p>\n

Male mosquitoes don\u2019t bite or carry disease<\/a>. The hope is these millions of male mosquitoes will mate with disease-carrying females, the eggs won\u2019t hatch and mosquito numbers will fall.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nGoogle\u2019s \u2018Debug\u2019 project in California and Florida aims to reduce mosquito numbers by releasing millions of sterilised males
\nIn the United States, Google\u2019s (now Alphabet) Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilised male mosquitoes in California and Florida.
\nMale mosquitoes don\u2019t bite or carry disease. The hope is these millions of male mosquitoes will mate with disease-carrying females, the eggs won\u2019t hatch and mosquito numbers will fall. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s \u2018Debug\u2019 project in California and Florida aims to reduce mosquito numbers by releasing millions of sterilised males In the United States, Google\u2019s (now Alphabet) Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilised male mosquitoes in California and Florida. Male mosquitoes don\u2019t bite or carry disease. The …<\/p>\n

Google wants to release 32 million sterile mosquitoes. Our Australian tests offer a valuable lesson | Nigel Beebe for the Conversation<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}