It Is Almost Impossible To Create Fake Meat [Food]

Scientists worldwide have worked for years to come up with a convincing meat substitute. Whether it’s farmed with soy or synthesized from stem cells, if it tastes real, it will change the world. But not even a $1 million prize has been enough to make it happen—on Wednesday, with less than a week to spare, the deadline for a PETA-sponsored contest to create in vitro meat was extended until 2013. What’s the problem? More »

"Those fellows were hobos, beaten down, with low expectations" [Letter To The Editor]

In response to a story we ran about how hamburgers were better when people ground their own meat, reader Dennis St. Delore send the following letter to the editor, which I think is fantastic. Readers, please send more awesome emails like this, because they brighten my day. More »