‘We’re successful when our steaks are served at a diner in rural Kansas’: Can mushrooms replicate the taste and texture of animal meat?

‘We’re successful when our steaks are served at a diner in rural Kansas’: Can mushrooms replicate the taste and texture of animal meat?

Jennah Haque | 
While plenty of plant-based meat companies claim to replicate the taste of the real thing, industry leaders like Beyond Meat, ...
Synthetic foods: They sound unappetizing — but they could revolutionize agriculture

Synthetic foods: They sound unappetizing — but they could revolutionize agriculture

[Just five years ago, Upside Foods] developed a biological process to grow synthetic meat products by taking stem cells from ...
Foie gras without the guilt: Lab-grown duck and goose liver in the works

Foie gras without the guilt: Lab-grown duck and goose liver in the works

Jeremy Kahn | 
Foie gras, which is made from duck or goose liver, has long been public enemy No. 1 among those concerned ...
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Why the cockroach is hard to kill—and what its genetics teaches us about adapting to environments

Grace Donnelly | 
The second-largest genome ever sequenced belongs to a small but fascinating creature. Called “xiao qiang” or “little mighty” in China, ...
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5 biotechnologies that might help save endangered species

Nishan Degnarain, Ryan Phelan | 
Here are five expanding and emergent fields of biotech that could help safeguard nature: 1. Biobanking. Biobanks store biological samples ...
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