ananyo writes “A burger made entirely from lab-grown meat is expected to be unveiled by October this year. But costing in excess of $250,000, it’s not going to be flying off supermarket shelves quite yet. The lab meat is produced using adult stem cells, which are then grown on scaffolds in cell-culture media. Because such lab-assembled muscle is weak, it has to be ‘bulked up’ by exposing to electric shocks. The researchers, based in the (more…)

“Massive” pay cuts are on the way in Welsh rugby, warns ex-national team captain Gwyn Jones amid a crisis in the professional game.

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