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“Soggy Pork”: The Other White Meat

in News on December 1, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

“Fifty years hence, we shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.” Winston Churchill made that prediction in 1932 and now, some 78 years later, it’s beginning to come true. Scientists in Holland have taken muscle cells from a living pig and cultured them into a “soggy form of pork” in the lab.
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Consumers Willing to Open Their Wallets to Go Green

in News on April 16, 2009 at 1:01 pm PT

Environmentally friendly products from appliances to dry cleaning are all the rage these days. But one issue has remained less clear, at least in the tech business: Are consumers willing to pay more for energy-efficient consumer electronics?