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PETA Coughs Up $1 Million Reward For Artificial Meat

PETA doesn't mind if you eat meat; they just want that meat to not be from a dead animal. The organization cares so much about this that they've offered up a $1 million prize to the first scientist that can create meat that's "sufficient to market in at least 10 U.S. states at a price that is competitive with then-prevailing chicken prices." In essence, fake meat. More »

5:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Jason Chen
6,303 views, 115 comments

Latest by N/A: wow, imagine how many people they could feed in third world countries with that money. I have nothing against vegetarians more »

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Test Tube Burgers by 2009?

A team of researchers hope to create lab-grown meat by 2009 that smells and tastes just like the real thing. The ability to grow small quantities of muscle using stem cells is routinely done by scientists, but now they're looking to bring mass quantities of synthetic meat to supermarkets. One of those researchers, Paul Kosnik, is growing self-assembled muscle in the lab:
"All of the technology exists today to make ground meat products in vitro. We believe the goal of a processed meat product is attainable in the next five years if funding is available and the R&D is pursued aggressively."
The researchers say the first artificial meat products will be minced meat that tastes just like ground beef or sausage. They're also saying that a single stem cell could theoretically produce all of the meat consumed in the world for a year. More »

12:11 PM on Thu Jun 22 2006
By Charlie White
1,422 views, 23 comments

Latest by Joachim Bengtsson: Gross?! 'Getting people to eat it'? What the hell people? This is the awesomest news I've heard in forever! Safe, more »