{"podcast":{"title":"Ultramarine: the science of our oceans and waterways","slug":"ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302","podcast_index_feed_id":7618302,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/693101a3fb6ea8e37846b815","website_url":"https://connectsci.au/news","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/693101a3fb6ea8e37846b815/1765430511571-67e7e752-8d11-4ef7-a7de-b3fef09cf896.jpeg","author":"ConnectSci","episode_count":14,"summary":"Ultramarine investigates the latest research, innovations and science news from our oceans and marine environments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302"},"episode":{"title":"Did we accidentally design our cities for mosquitoes?","slug":"did-we-accidentally-design-our-cities-for-mosquitoes","published_at":"2026-03-02T23:39:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302/did-we-accidentally-design-our-cities-for-mosquitoes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302","url":"https://connectsci.au/news","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/693101a3fb6ea8e37846b815/e/69a61de0c6f68bd589ada781/media.mp3","summary":"Mosquitoes are usually framed as pests and disease carriers. But what if they are simply one of the most successful species at adapting to the environments we have built? In this episode Ultramarine, David Boldeman is joined by medical entomologist Dr Véronique Paris to explore the hidden water systems inside our cities and how they shape mosquito life. Véronique is a Research Fellow in Medical Entomology and Vector Population Control, at the University of Melbourne: https://www.instagram.com/mozzienique/ This podcast is brought to you by ConnectSci, the home of fact-based content you can trust. For the latest science news and discoveries visit https://connectsci.au/news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Mosquitoes are usually framed as pests and disease carriers. But what if they are simply one of the most successful species at adapting to the environment…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2372,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302/episodes/did-we-accidentally-design-our-cities-for-mosquitoes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultramarine-the-science-of-our-oceans-and-waterways-7618302/did-we-accidentally-design-our-cities-for-mosquitoes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}