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Want to sell cell-based meat in Tennessee? You’ll face a million-dollar fine in yet another chapter in the ‘long-running fight over the future of protein’

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists — cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat — ...
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Genetic diversity squeeze: Camembert is on the verge of extinction. Here’s what can be done to rescue ‘endangered cheeses’

Benji Jones | Vox | 
Each hunk of Camembert or smear of brie is an ecosystem, an assortment of fungi and bacteria that turn milk ...
‘Gastronomic dreams of astronomical proportions’: Collaboration between government and companies key to producing cell-based meat at scale

‘Gastronomic dreams of astronomical proportions’: Collaboration between government and companies key to producing cell-based meat at scale

Julieta Cardenas | Vox | 
Creating a technological (and delicious) wonder is one thing; scaling it to feed billions of people is another ...
Tiger steaks and lion burgers? Cell-cultivated exotic meats open new market possibilities but raise controversial questions

Tiger steaks and lion burgers? Cell-cultivated exotic meats open new market possibilities but raise controversial questions

Jude Whiley | Vox | 
Which animals we find acceptable to eat vary from person to person, according to our values, palates, and upbringing ...
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Two malaria vaccines are now being distributed in Africa. Here are the hurdles plaguing the lifesaving drugs

Rachel DuRose | Vox | 
Malaria kills half a million people a year in Africa. We can prevent that — if we act fast enough ...
Yes, we have a national mental health crisis. No, it's not a significant driver of gun violence as Republicans claim

Viewpoint: Yes, we have a national mental health crisis. No, it’s not a significant driver of gun violence as Republicans claim

Nicole Narea | Vox | 
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants more mental health resources after the Allen mall mass shooting. It’s not a real solution ...
Viewpoint: 'The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale'

Viewpoint: ‘The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale’

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
Going back nearly 80 years, anxieties over food security have driven the tiny Netherlands to become a global leader in agriculture despite ...
‘No conservation concern with honey bees’: Xerces Society debunks claims that honey bees threatened but raises extinction concerns about some wild species

‘No conservation concern with honey bees’: Xerces Society debunks claims that honey bees threatened but raises extinction concerns about some wild species

Benji Jones | Vox | 
Around 2006, beekeepers started reporting huge losses of honey bee colonies. “That rang alarm bells,” said James Cane, a bee ...
The air in our homes is making us sick. Here’s what we can do about it

The air in our homes is making us sick. Here’s what we can do about it

Keren Landman | Vox | 
The technology and the human knowledge necessary to improve indoor air exist. But despite decades’ worth of science linking dirty ...
Rising cases of syphilis in babies crisis

Inside America’s STI crisis: 40% of pregnant mothers with syphilis lose their child, and the numbers are growing exponentially

Keren Landman | Vox | 
Across the board, sexually transmitted infections are on a “shocking” upward trajectory, according to public health experts. Preliminary data from ...
The morning after pill can protect you against STIs

This ‘morning-after pill’ can prevent sexually transmitted infections. Why aren’t more doctors prescribing it?

Keren Landman | Vox | 
Years after it was first proven to work, a new tool for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is on the ...
How cultured seafood can transition from 'technological delicacy’ into a sustainable protein source

How cultured seafood can transition from ‘technological delicacy’ into a sustainable protein source

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
Startups like BlueNalu and Wildtype have their sights set on first cracking into the high-end sushi market, with hopes of ...
America should follow poorer countries examples in mental health

Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm

Sigal Samuel | Vox | 
When psychiatry and other forms of professional mental health care are not accessible, people suffer in silence or turn to ...
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Viewpoint: AI is getting smarter every day. Here’s why that might not be a good thing

Kelsey Piper | Vox | 
AI gets smarter, more capable, and more world-transforming every day. Here’s why that might not be a good thing ...
'Hybrid meat': Will consumers embrace food made of both cultivated meat and plant-based protein?

‘Hybrid meat’: Will consumers embrace food made of both cultivated meat and plant-based protein?

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
In much the same way that hybrid vehicles acted as a bridge between the electric vehicle experimentation of the 1970s ...
Viewpoint: ‘Cattle laundering’ — Is the beef industry deforesting the Amazon?

Viewpoint: ‘Cattle laundering’ — Is the beef industry deforesting the Amazon?

Benji Jones | Vox | 
On paper, the Brazilian Amazon is one of the most protected ecosystems on the planet. There are thousands of protected areas, in ...
Allergy epidemic: Up to 10% of children have food intolerances. Where did they come from?

Allergy epidemic: Up to 10% of children have food intolerances. Where did they come from?

Umair Irfan | Vox | 
Food allergies are becoming increasingly common, in children and in adults. Yet it’s surprisingly difficult to get a handle on ...
CRISPR and the ethics on human gene editing

‘Just because we can do it, should we?’ How CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna is furthering the discussion over the ethics of human genome editing

Bryan Walsh | Vox | 
In 2012, Jennifer Doudna, then a relatively unknown biochemist at the University of California Berkeley, published a paper with Emmanuelle Charpentier ...
Ramping up biosecurity to protect potential future CRISPR advancements

CRISPR cryptography: Making the world safer from gene-editing research gone awry

Bryan Walsh | Vox | 
Evolution is Kevin Esvelt’s passion: how it works in nature, how we can direct it, and how it can go ...
What future dangers might Artificial Intelligence introduce? Experts clash

What future dangers might Artificial Intelligence introduce? Experts clash

Kelsey Piper | Vox | 
There are teams of researchers in academia and at major AI labs these days working on the problem of AI ...
Vegan gold rush: When will billions of dollars poured into plant-based meat ventures result in more than bland-tasting imitations?

Vegan gold rush: When will billions of dollars poured into plant-based meat ventures result in more than bland-tasting imitations?

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
The new foods I’ve tried are just a smattering of what’s on offer from the dozens and dozens (and dozens) of ...
Beef from genetically edited cattle are two years away from being available to consumers. Here’s what we can expect

Beef from genetically edited cattle are two years away from being available to consumers. Here’s what we can expect

Kenny Torrella | Vox | 
Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that beef from two gene-edited cattle and their offspring ...
We might be living with COVID risks for years to come

We might be living with COVID risks for years to come

German Lopez | Vox | 
There’s a growing consensus among health experts: Covid-19 may never go away. We’ll likely always have some coronavirus out there, ...
Transitioning to a meatless, plant-based future is a win for the environment — but means major upheaval for farm and meatpacking workers

Transitioning to a meatless, plant-based future is a win for the environment — but means major upheaval for farm and meatpacking workers

Jenny Splitter | Vox | 
A largely plant-based future would be a win for livestock, 99 percent of which is raised in factory farms, and ...
Video: Why are there so many COVID variants showing up now and what does it portend for the future?

Video: Why are there so many COVID variants showing up now and what does it portend for the future?

Kim Mas, Mona Lalwani | Vox | 
On November 5, 2020, the United Kingdom went into lockdown in an attempt to control a spike in COVID-19 cases ...
‘Holy sh--, it works’: How an out-of-the-box UK COVID recovery trial evaluating a common drug has saved a million lives

‘Holy sh–, it works’: How an out-of-the-box UK COVID recovery trial evaluating a common drug has saved a million lives

Dylan Scott | Vox | 
[Epidemiologist Peter Horby’s] summary was pithy.  “Holy shit, it works.”  On June 16 [2020], after verifying the data, the Recovery ...
Viewpoint: ‘Trading one moral catastrophe for another’ — Why swapping beef for chicken won’t fix animal agriculture’s ‘devastating’ environmental impact

Viewpoint: ‘Trading one moral catastrophe for another’ — Why swapping beef for chicken won’t fix animal agriculture’s ‘devastating’ environmental impact

Kelsey Piper | Vox | 
[O]ften, the messaging is that we can save the world by switching out our beef consumption for chicken. The problem ...
Viewpoint: ‘It’s time to invest in meatless meat’ — Why Biden’s climate plan should address the environmental impact of animal agriculture

Viewpoint: ‘It’s time to invest in meatless meat’ — Why Biden’s climate plan should address the environmental impact of animal agriculture

Sigal Samuel | Vox | 
For decades, the US government has been pouring money into the meat industry. That funding effectively built the industry into ...
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