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Thu. 11/17 - Lab-Grown Meat Gets FDA Approval


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The FDA has given approval for the first time to a lab-grown meat. Plus, another company is genetically modifying plants to work as superpowered air purifiers. And 500 new words like bae and subtweet have been added to the official Scrabble dictionary.

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    A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval (WIRED)
  • Lab-Grown Meat Receives Clearance From F.D.A. (NY Times)
  • FDA approval puts lab-grown meat one step closer to your dinner plate (Vox)
  • New genetically engineered houseplant cleans air as efficiently as 30 plants (BGR) 
  • This genetically engineered houseplant does the work of 30 typical plants (Inverse)
  • ‘Yeehaw, bae,’ official Scrabble dictionary adds 500 new words (PBS)
  • Words Added to the Scrabble Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
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