Researchers are using drones to track malaria

America’s got pretty good at using drones to hunt and kill big tangible things, but Hellfire missiles and Reapers aren’t all that good at tracking little insects. But that hasn’t stopped researchers from using drones to help fight the spread of infectious disease. Live Science has a great write-up on the work of Chris Drakeley and fellow professors from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who have been using a small fixed-wing drone to track the spread of a particular malaria parasite in macaque monkeys and humans.