--- description: Could we hack the mosquito gut to prevent Dengue and Zika, spouses need to assume less and observe more to support their partners and more. title: We Could Hack Mosquitoes to Prevent Dengue and Zika image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # We Could Hack Mosquitoes to Prevent Dengue and Zika by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2018 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2018 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Could we hack the mosquito gut to prevent Dengue and Zika?**](http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q1/mosquito-gut-may-hold-the-key-to-preventing-dengue-and-zika.html "undefined") By Kayla Zacharias at _Purdue University_ **2\.** [**Spouses need to assume less and observe more to support their partners.**](http://blog.smu.edu/research/2018/03/05/new-study-finds-couples-poorly-knowing-partner-sad-feeling/ "undefined") By Margaret Allen at _Southern Methodist University_ **3\.** [**An artificial intelligence could help police identify gang crimes — but should it?**](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/artificial-intelligence-could-identify-gang-crimes-and-ignite-ethical-firestorm "undefined") By Matthew Hutson in _Science_ **4\.** [**Millennial employees may stay longer — if you ask them to volunteer.**](https://work.qz.com/1180591/millennial-employees-may-stay-longer-if-you-ask-them-to-volunteer/ "undefined") By Kathleen Kelly Janus in _Quartz at Work_ **5\.** [**How just holding hands with your loved one can sync brainwaves and ease pain.**](https://www.colorado.edu/today/2018/02/28/just-two-us-holding-hands-can-ease-pain-sync-brainwaves "undefined") By Lisa Marshall at the _University of Colorado Boulder_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5189379/we-could-hack-mosquitoes-to-prevent-dengue-and-zika/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5189379/we-could-hack-mosquitoes-to-prevent-dengue-and-zika/"},"headline":"We Could Hack Mosquitoes to Prevent Dengue and Zika","datePublished":"2018-03-07T17:00:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:01.645Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5189379/we-could-hack-mosquitoes-to-prevent-dengue-and-zika/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","relationships","health","Mosquitoes","AI","Business"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5189379/we-could-hack-mosquitoes-to-prevent-dengue-and-zika/","name":"We Could Hack Mosquitoes to Prevent Dengue and Zika"}}]}] ```