Potato, a Seattle startup that aims to revolutionize science research with fully automated experimental processes, lands $4.5 ...

I took a beautiful steak, stuffed it inside a potato, buried it underground, and waited to see what would happen. Will it be a new gourmet technique or just a wild experiment gone wrong?

In a research lab on the outskirts of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping examines a small cluster of potatoes, one barely larger than a quail's egg. These miniature tubers, weighing just 136 ...