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Tech
These People Want to Genetically Engineer Pink Chickens
The Pink Chicken Project wants to use CRISPR to alter all chickens’ DNA in order to send a message about the health of our environment.
Emma Griffith
5.12.17
Food
Inside the Dusty World of Vintage Spirit Collectors
Like wine, bottled spirits can change with age. Some might spoil, but many others develop complex new flavors and textures, leading a small group of "dusty hunters" to seek out these forgotten bottles.
Wyatt Marshall
12.29.16
Food
These California Brewers Are Dyeing Beer with Bugs
Sometimes, a brewer wants to make a beer that doesn’t fit into the the established spectrums. Like a low-alcohol stout—made with crushed up red bugs.
John Verive
7.4.15