Slip on banana peel, take a tumble: the classic comedy gag! Mabuchi Kiyoshi's serious search for scientific proof of that ...

"The Cavendish variety was bred to be a disease-resistant replacement for the Gros Michel," said Popular Science. "This worked for a while, but by the 1990s, there was another outbreak of banana ...

But British banana-lovers will have to wait a while longer – possibly until mid-2026 – before they can try the trailblazing fruit as the sale of gene-edited plants and their fruits is banned here.

New research has found it will be economically unsustainable by 2080 for many areas across Latin America and the Caribbean to continue growing bananas for export, because of rising temperatures caused ...

Banana chips retain many nutrients present in fresh bananas, including potassium, vitamins B6 and C, and dietary fiber. However, the frying process might lead to a higher fat and calorie content ...

Fruit salads will never be the same again – thanks to scientists who have developed bananas that don’t go brown and mushy after being peeled. British experts have altered the fruit’s ...