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The neuroscience behind the Impossible Burger.

The Impossible Burger is meatless, but it tastes, smells, and bleeds like the real thing. The secret ingredient? Neuroscience.

These books will help you understand the trends you’re riding, what part of the business cycle you’re in, and what you’re up against.

Vegetarians and vegans pay heed: New research shows plants know when they’re being eaten. And they don’t like it.

That plants possess an intelligence is not new knowledge, but according to Modern Farmer, a new study from the University of Missouri shows plants can sense when they are being eaten and send out defense mechanisms to try to stop it from happening.

The study was carried out on thale cress, or Arabidopsis as it’s known scientifically, which is closely related to broccoli, kale, mustard greens, and other siblings of the brassica family and is popular for science experiments. It is commonly used in experiments because it was the first plant to have its genome sequenced, and scientists are intimately familiar with how it works.

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Eating meat WITHOUT killing animals. Are you ready?

An LA blogger successfully tests the first civilian jetpack.

NASA has released a breathtaking video made from images and data collected by the Huygens probe when it crash-landed on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in 2005.

This RV is a luxury yacht on wheels.

This robot can climb fences and open doors.

This aquarium is one with ocean.

This aquarium surrounds you with fresh seawater.