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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Making meat out of air: How does it work?

    You’ve heard of Impossible Burgers and Beyond Burgers, which contain meat made from plants. Now there’s something called “air protein.” That’s meat made from air. Several companies are converting elements from the air into edible protein.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 13, 2019 • 1 min read

    You’ve heard of Impossible Burgers and Beyond Burgers, which contain meat made from plants. Now there’s something called “air protein.” That’s meat made from air. Several companies are converting elements from the air into edible protein.

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Analyzing day 1 of the public impeachment hearings
    1. 0:00Highlights and analysis: Day 1 of the public impeachment hearings
    2. 14:14Tainted drugs may be the cause of some USC student deaths
    3. 22:11Climate change threatens Marshall Islands, where the U.S. has dumped a lot of nuclear waste
    4. 33:04Climate change now affects whether you can get a mortgage
    5. 41:18Making meat out of air: How does it work?You’re reading this
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