The Largest Edible Fruit In North America Is One You've Probably Never Heard Of
The largest fruit native to North America is one you won't find in supermarkets, but you can find it growing wild if you live ...
This American fruit could outcompete apples and peaches on a hotter planet
LOCKPORT, N.Y. - When Kyle Townsend and Mitchell Gunther decided to start an orchard in this town just east of Niagara Falls ...
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Growers turn to Fair Trade USA to address deforestation in avocado industry
Avocado producers and retailers are looking to improve environmental and human rights conditions, and Fair Trade USA offers ...
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General Mills, Welch’s Fruit Snacks clash over where the line is for humor and truth
Welch’s Fruit Snacks’ maker Promotion In Motion (PIM Brands) went too far in ads it intended to humorously highlight the difference between its fruit snacks and those of competitors ...
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The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s boosting science in Africa
When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the ...
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An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow
FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the ...
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Team USA sweeps 5 matches in opening session of Presidents Cup
"We're friends after, we're not friends during, I guess." Russell Henley, left, and Scottie Scheffler of Team USA celebrate during their win at the President's Cup on Thursday. Getty Images The ...
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How to Use Quince, the Fruit That Tastes Like a Cross Between Apples and Pears
Quince is the ugly duckling of the pome family, which includes apples and pears. This yellow-green fruit is lumpy, hard as a rock, and sometimes hairy. Unlike apples and pears, most varieties of ...
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Push to popularize pawpaw — the elusive fruit that grows on farms in 40 states
Pawpaw, a tropical-tasting fruit native to North America, has a sunny flavor and even its own song. Why don't more grocery stores sell it?
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Neuroscience breakthrough: Entire brain of adult fruit fly mapped
Previous researchers have mapped the brain of a C. elegans worm, with its 302 neurons, and the brain of a larval fruit fly, which had 3,000 neurons, but the adult fruit fly is several orders of ...