An experiment to eliminate an isolated population of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae with a gene drive has succeeded. Should we eliminate that species of mosquito, together with the other few that carry most malaria?

I think we should do so. There are over 400 species of Anopheles mosquitos, so wiping out a few of them probably won't lead to big changes in ecosystems. Other mosquitos will replace them, and bats and birds will still have food.

Human activity is on track to wipe out a large fraction of all the species on Earth — not intentionally, only as a byproduct of causing global disaster. Instead of sparing a few species that really do hurt us, we should try to protect the hundreds of thousands of species we are likely to extinguish unthinkingly, by curbing our population and our greenhouse gas emissions.

US citizens: call on Congress to impeach Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Everyone: call for giving Flint residents real inspections for lead in the water.

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Union of Concerned Scientists: The cheater wants to nominate a saboteur to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The International Court of Justice ruled that US sanctions against Iran violate a treaty, and that they interfere with humanitarian aid. It ruled that the US should drop these sanctions.

In response, the US cancelled the treaty.