[stephencelis]

> 2.5 centimeters long and 0.7 centimeters wide

An improvement on the 8mm x 2mm meat reported on just a few months ago:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_...

But still, where is "6 months" coming from? A vague "year" figure is given by Mark Post (with the caveat that funding is needed), but that doesn't even bring into consideration the process of getting the meat out of the lab and into the grocery store.

[spacemanaki]

I wondered the same thing about the 6 month figure. This is some aggregator site run by the SciFi/SyFy channel? It's the kind of pop science reporting I think is bordering on irresponsible, really. Their source is New Scientist requiring a signup:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128283.500-meat-with...

That article isn't much more informative though. That New Yorker article was much higher quality, as expected.

[Alex3917]

Relevant NPR interview:

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/30/139786731/tube-burgers-the-wor...