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		jmercouris on Oct 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Optical tracking and laser-induced mortality of in... Careful, mosquitos will evolve to be reflective if we deploy enough of these :-D

justinclift on Oct 18, 2020 | [–]

"Transparent enough to not be detected by these systems" is probably more likely. ;)

other_herbert on Oct 17, 2020 | [–]

Only if we wound and not kill

monoideism on Oct 18, 2020 | [–]

No. The very killing applies selective pressure.

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