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

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. Sponsors: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: 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) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices