Birth a panda and the world rejoices- birth a baby and you are adding to the “surplus population.” Bill and Melinda Gates, population control enthusiasts extraordinaire, feted for funding a so-called “remote control” contraceptive for female humans. The new implant is said to release powerful, steroid-based drugs that shut down a woman’s reproductive system whenever it is turned on. The makers of the device want to have it ready for public use by 2018.