No, this isn't about the movie.

I've come to accept that science is obsessed with preserving ugly things. In fact, I have decided to embrace it. Which is why I'm excited about the steadily growing California condor population. We are very close to hitting 400 birds, with about half of that number living in the wild.

OK, so 400 birds doesn't sound like a lot. But! Consider this: we haven't had 400 condors since the 1920's. The 1920's! And only thirty years ago, there weren't any condors in the wild! Humanity has actually made some progress on this one, guys.

Well, sort of.

While the bird conservation efforts are going well, it seems that we can't actually accomplish one goal without thoroughly screwing it up elsewhere. Because of all the DDE toxin (broken down DDT) other countries are leaving around in the ocean, when condors scavenge on marine animals their eggs become thin-shelled and break. This is obviously counter-productive. And it wasn't an issue five years ago.

People! This whole destroying everything we touch thing is getting out of hand! World, please. Let's try and refrain from taking any and all progress and flushing it down the toilet with DDT toxin. At least use Mr. Clean, or something.