THE first edition of this book was reviewed in NATURE, vol. 93, p. 608, 1914. In the new issue the opportunity has been taken to bring up to date the account of the cause and treatment of the ...

Books & the Arts; February 28, 2008; Banana Kings Banana Kings The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.

THE most traditional portrayal of banana cultivation is perhaps that in which an Oriental sage, sitting in pious contemplation in the shade cast by the plant, contentedly leaves it to its own ...

• Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression” (Dey Street), by David Leite. Much has been contributed to the cannon of first-person literature on anxiety and mental health ...

The world's most popular fruit is facing extinction, and scientists are racing to use gene-editing to save it. To succeed, they'll need to overcome an even bigger problem: opposition to GMO crops ...