New Zealand is developing a drone that can drop poison bait on a precise target, near an invasive animal that would eat it.

Eventually Australia may be able to use this to exterminate rabbits. Is there any way to poison a cane toad?

Arguing that Biden's victories in the Democratic primaries is because older Democrats expect they can squeak by under the existing US economic system, while younger voters see it will crush them.

The article does not mention coming global heating disaster, but younger voters realize it is likely to make them die young, while older voters expect (perhaps rationally) not to face great personal suffering from it during their expected lifetimes.

How Big Pharma companies have lobbied and pressured to be able to gouge on a future Covid-19 vaccine.

This mostly admirable article causes a gratuitous spot of confusion by using the overbroad term "intellectual property".

Use of that term spreads confusion because it generalizes about several unrelated laws, which have so little in common that lumping them together impedes clear thinking about any one of them. The term leads people to adopt shallow, simplistic positions such as "intellectual property is good" or "intellectual property is bad."

In any real issue, it is always better to name the specific law that relates to the issue — in this case, patent law. That way it is easier to study the dimensions of that issue, based on the actual requirements and effects of whichever law is involved.

See https://gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html for more explanation.

*Public health experts say that once a disease has begun circulating within a community, banning outsiders is mostly futile.*

However, the numskull travel ban for people coming from Schengenia might be effective for scapegoating purposes.

(satire) *Tulsi Gabbard Named Democratic Nominee After Discovery Of Obscure Rule That Grants Nomination To Whoever Wins 0.7% Of The Vote In Missouri.*