Banana fruit and tree
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The banana is so popular in Uganda that the locals eat about 250 kg each per year. In fact, the banana is so essential to their diet, that their word 'matooke' means both...
View ArticleEmergency honey bee plan in the wings
Australian farmers are facing a shortage of bees to pollinate their food crops and are working with beekeepers to develop an emergency plan.
View ArticleScientists find pears ain't apples
Pears spoil quicker than apples because they're out of breath, according to European researchers.
View ArticleDrugs get juiced-up with grapefruit
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: We are regularly encouraged to include a decent portion of fruit in our daily diet. But Dr Karl warns those on certain medications to choose their fruit...carefully.
View Article'Fat-fighting' lemons have sour twist
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: You know fruit is good for you, but does a lemon really have incredible fat-fighting potential? Dr Karl has been putting the squeeze on the facts.
View ArticleRockmelons came out of Asia, not Africa
A study comparing the DNA of melons around the world has revealed that the cultivated rockmelon originated in Asia, not Africa, as previously thought.
View ArticleBanana peels help detect toxins in water
SLIPPERY HELPER: Brazilian researchers have found an unexpected helper in the struggle against contaminated water.
View ArticleMiracle fruit brings a change in taste
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: A little-known African berry can make sour things taste sweet. Dr Karl sinks his teeth in to a very fruity phenomenon.
View ArticleMiracle berry's sweet secret
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: If you could miraculously make bitter food turn sweet, would you do it? Dr Karl reveals the secret to the amazing taste trick of miracle fruit.
View ArticleKiwifruit detectives trace disease to China
BACK TO SOURCE: Scientists have traced a bacteria that has been destroying kiwifruit in back to China where they believe it originated.
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