Lab-Grown Meat Chunks - It's What's For Dinner

jonerik writes "CNN has this story on a NASA-funded project being conducted at Touro College in New York. In the experiment, segments of muscle are cut from large goldfish and placed in a vat of 'nutrient-rich liquid,' with the fish chunks growing by 16% within a week. It is hoped that future developments will permit astronauts on long-term missions to include fresh meat in their diet without having to bring along actual animals and fish into space. New Scientist is also reporting the story."

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Re:There's actually no need for meat

[Tranvisor]

The problem with this attitude is ... Meat tastes good.

That and 'sentient' animals kill each other all the time. Save yourself anxiety and worry about 'self-aware' lifeforms please. If you think that eating a 'sentient' creature is murder, what do you think about chopping down a tree to build your house? Trees release chemicals into the air to warn other trees when they are being attacked by insects and the like. Why don't you consider them sentient as well? Trees, cows, lettuce, chickens, potatoes, I place them all on the same level.