Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Some dedicate their lives to science. Others, like Georgia Tech student Chris Zuo, give their bodies. A bizarre three-year study run by Georgia Tech engineering and biology professor David Hu sought to identify how mosquitoes choose their prey. As explained by Hu in the Conversation, mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous animal, causing over 700,000 deaths every year by spreading deadly disease like Malaria. In the initial experiment, Zuo stood in as bait in a chamber full of 100 hangry skeeters. Though he had a mesh suit, it failed to stop the bugs from reaching his skin, causing him to suffer what Hu calls a “full-body massacre.” As the trials went on, Zuo became a graduate student. He switched out of the failed mesh suit to a basic long-sleeved shirt, washed with unscented detergent, as well as gloves and a face mask. He and a fellow student, Soohwan Kim, were then tasked with standing in the chamber while …