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

Posted by michael on from the other-white-meat dept.

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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  1. Re:They are so late. by Chundra · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    But using raw sewage as a nutrient solution has its drawbacks. That's why they cook the shit out of everything at taco bell. I mean this both literally and figuratively.

  2. Re:Remember "The Shining"? by MouseR · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Also, (offtopic) a good way to keep the population from reaching 10 billion is to bomb Africa and South America with condoms. Maybe the odd instructional pamphlet.

    Actually, the most populous area of this dirt ball is asia.

    And birth control isn't necessary the solution. There are still vast regions on this planet which are still inhabited.

    Before getting rid of people, I'd get rid of frontiers.

    (case to the point: I don't always write funny comments)