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Starting today, rediff.com presents a new feature that brings you the latest in science, medicine, technology and oddities from around the world. Click on subsequent slides for more... Scientists......

How Ronald Ross discovered malaria-mosquito link

'This proved that whatever was growing in the mosquito's gut was a parasite -- it was almost certainly the malarial parasite.'A fascinating excerpt from Roopa Pai's From Leeches To Slug Glue: 25......