Michael Hanlon
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Michael Hanlon, a science journalist, is author of five popular science books including Eternity: Our Next Billion Years
December 2015
May 2013
June 2012
Fake meat: is science fiction on the verge of becoming fact?
The race to make fake meat just got interesting. Two scientists on opposite sides of the world both claim to be on the verge of serving up the first lab-grown hamburger – and saving the planet in the process. The new reality is so close, you can almost taste it, says Michael Hanlon