US boffins have taught spinach plants to email humans when bombs are detected in soil
In news that I’m startled to see
Some brainy types at MIT
Have spent their whole grant
On teaching a plant
To send emails to you and me
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Interstellar visitor Oumuamua is the first object to come from beyond our solar system
About three and a half years ago
Omuamua, a strange UFO,
Which may have been planned
By some alien hand
Paid a visit, say those in the know
Pic: Astronomy
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) has accused Senator Ted Cruz of “trying to get me killed” by challenging the election results in the lead up to the Capitol riot
A tea party Texan Ted Cruz
Surprisingly opted to choose
To side with AOC
But predictably she
Was quite quick to firmly refuse
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US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, above speaking at the Presidential inauguration, has signed with a model agency
Model agencies think it’s high time
To do deals with people who rhyme
We’ll see verses that scan
On catwalks in Milan
And at long last I might earn a dime
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Orange dots represent the 10 unprovoked bites that proved fatal last year, with six of the deaths in Australian waters
For everyone in the last year
There has been a surplus of fear
But swimmers down under
Must now also wonder
If hungry Great White Sharks are near
Graph: Florida Museum
A Garda check point in Santry on the way to and out of the Dublin Airport yesterday
Our leaders sat down to contrive
A plan to extend level five
And also there will
Be no flights from Brazil
Such a fuss just to keep us alive
Ireland’s nine billionaires saw their collective fortunes rise by €3.28 billion last year
It’s been a long tough year in which
Our fortunes seeped into the ditch
But our billionaires
Are increasing theirs
So let’s all give three cheers for the rich
Graph: Ceoworld
Two eagle rays – Nibble and Spot – have surprised New Zealand aquarists and scientists by giving birth without any males in their tank
It fills me with pleasure to say
In New Zealand some virginal ray
Have just given birth
So at long last our earth
Has two fishy saviours. Hooray!
Pic: Sea Life Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium
Donald and Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington DC yesterday
The followers of QAnon
Were told that their President, Don
Was still here to stay
But then yesterday
It transpired that at long last he’s gone
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Among dozens of pardons, US President Donald Trump (left) has granted clemency to his former chief strategist Steve Bannon (right)
I’m certain we all will agree
Trump was right to set Steve Bannon free
Why should he do time?
Well, apart from his crime
And his calls to behead Doc Fauci
Pic: White House