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Cocoon Cooker Grows Meat and Fish from Heated Animal Cells

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:03:16 -0400

Here's a food-related invention that is even weirder than the notorious Beanzawave: The Cocoon, a concept cooker that grows meat and fish from heated animal cells in a process that looks disturbingly similar to magic animal growing capsules.

"DNA Barcode" Could Protect Plants From Illegal Trade

Ariel Schwartz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:24:37 -0400

Believe it or not, the illegal trade of endangered plant species is a big business. The illicit trade of animals is more well known than plants in part because the trade is easier to track. That's one reason behind a proposal to track endangered plnats using DNA barcodes.

International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution

Fast Company Calendar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:49 -0400

Let's not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world's medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also produces a ripple effect; for every plant that disappears, scientists estimate that up to 30 more species of flora and fauna are threatened.

Unnatural Habitats: Rethinking the Modern Zoo

Michael Cannell — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:15:07 -0400

Should institutions dedicated to natural sciences depict a world untouched by civilization as a matter of history? The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna has chosen the opposite approach: this spring its animals share their pens with an installation created by artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf that reflects the degradation of animal habitats.

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