Who knew stinky feet could be good for something? Scientists say smelly, soggy and dirty socks may control malaria. And the smellier, the better. The musky odor of human feet can be used to attract ...

If the mosquitoes are swarming, here's a fresh tip: Maybe you need to change your socks. Or better yet, use a smelly pair to divert those pesky bugs somewhere else entirely. A team of scientists is ...

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — As a boy in remote western Kenya, Fredros Okumu sat under the stars, smothered by the smoke of the family fire, until it was time to go to bed. Even now, ...

As it turns out, smelly socks can do more than stink up the laundry basket. In an effort to combat malaria, researchers in Tanzania are developing devices that use human foot odor to lure mosquitoes.

What’s that smell? Stinky feet can be embarrassing, but thanks to a University of Georgia student, there is a solution! Matthew Tesvich is the founder of Ox Sox, a company that produces odorless socks ...

Many products including socks can be treated with silver to kill odours Pongy old sports socks ain't what they used to be. Where once they emitted a nose wrinkling, noxious stench from the bottom of ...

Indian police arrested a man whose stinky socks caused a showdown on a bus as his fellow passengers protested the pungent odour, an officer said Saturday. The man removed his shoes and socks on a bus ...