Will you be tucking in? Eating meat is bad for the planet, say activists. Now, food scientists are looking for other options. Some of them have never been tasted before.
On the menu: dodo steak and unicorn chops
Mythical meals: The Ancient Greeks warned that the unicorn's meat tasted bitter. Glossary
Environment - The natural world.
Laboratory - A room for scientific experiments or research.
Extinct - A species that no longer has any living members.
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid is the material in an organism that carries genetic information.
Woolly mammoth - Its closest living relative is the Asian elephant. The last population lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean.