In this week’s New Yorker, Michael Specter takes a great look at the world of in-vitro meat—grown in a lab, outside an animal body. It’s not a matter of if, but when. Will you eat it?
Scientists in the Netherlands have successfully synthesised some real-deal pork meat without having to kill any pigs. Sure, it’s not quite edible yet, but they predict you’ll be eating labmeat in a mere five years.