Articles by

Matt Reynolds

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...

Science Is Full of Errors. Bounty Hunters Are Here to Find Them

In 2010, two famous economists, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, released a paper confirming what many fiscally...

Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong

In 1996 the United States hit peak potato. Americans were eating 64 pounds of the vegetables each...

The World’s Largest Fungus Collection May Unlock the Mysteries of Carbon Capture

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home 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...

Sell Lab-Grown Meat in Alabama and You Could Go to Jail

Alabama has become the second US state to ban the sale of cultivated meat. The bill, signed...

No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread

In late March, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it had detected cases of bird flu...

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Not so long ago, the UK government could brag about its climate credentials. In 2019, Prime Minister...