New Zealand PM Ardern promised progressive changes before winning election, but she did not implement them. Instead, she signed the TPP, which is a business-supremacy treaty.

Perhaps she is New Zealand's Obama.

I encourage New Zealanders to vote Green.

*Why is India obsessed with English-medium education — when it goes against scientific consensus?*

The article also describes Hindi as an artificially constructed compromise version of regional languages. Since I don't speak Hindi or any of those, I wonder how different they are.

*Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with Authorities — in the U.S.*

A kind of genetically engineering can make a plant grow much faster and use less water. It has been tested on tobacco, but the idea is to use it on food plants.

Each genetically engineered product ought to be judged on its individual characteristics, but that does not mean they should be accepted without scrutiny.

Can anyone find out what kind of "algae" the added protein comes from? In particular, which phylum is it in? In any case, it can't be "closely related" to a flowering plant.

Neonicotinoids used on crop seeds damage birds' reproduction. The poison accumulates in a bird, over the years, and interferes with its ability to reproduce successfully.