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- 1Teen's prototype removes 95.5% of microplastics in testing●Mia Heller, 18-year-old high school student, develops a prototype that removed 95.5% of microplastics in testing. Mia re
Mia Heller, an 18-year-old high school student, has developed a prototype that removed 95.5% of microplastics in testing, earning her a $500 special award from the Patent and Trademark Office Society. The story is circulating alongside comparisons to Meta's Reality Labs, which lost $19.2 billion in 2025, with commenters contrasting the scale of corporate spending against what a single young inventor achieved on a small budget.
- 2Lab-grown meat revolution falls short of promises●Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't
A Harper's Magazine essay examines why lab-grown meat, once promoted as a coming revolution in food production, has failed to deliver. Despite years of investment and bold claims from startups promising slaughter-free beef and chicken, cultivated meat remains expensive, hard to scale, and largely absent from store shelves. Readers are debating whether the technology was overhyped or simply needs more time.