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Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback

For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, the reactor will start running again in 2028—this...

Beyond Meat Is Stalling in the US. Europe Could Be Another Story

The plant-based meat industry is in a bad place. Sales in the US fell last year as the pandemic-era enthusiasm for vegan burgers and sausages continued to wane. Beyond Meat, once the...

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs

Cultivated meat firm Upside Foods has cut its workforce as the industry continues to struggle with bans from legislators and a significant downturn in venture capital funding. In an email sent to...

Lab-Grown Meat Is on Shelves Now. But There’s a Catch

Cultivated meat is coming to a store near you. Well, not near you, exactly. Unless you live near Huber’s Butchery in Singapore. If you do happen to live there, then on May...

Protesters Are Fighting to Stop AI, but They’re Split on How to Do It

On a side street outside the headquarters of the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology in the center of London on Monday, 20 or so protesters are getting their chants in order.“What...

Smartphones Do or Don’t Harm Kids! So Which Is It?

The anti-smartphone movement is having a moment. On March 25, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning children under 14 from social media platforms. In February, the UK government backed tighter...

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused a Major Expansion

In September 2023, Upside Foods announced its plans to open a large cultivated-meat plant in Glenview, Illinois. The 187,000-square-foot plant was slated to have an initial capacity of millions of pounds of...

You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To

July 2023 was a landmark moment for the cultivated meat industry. For the first time, meat brewed directly from chicken cells went on sale in two US restaurants after a pair of...

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