Connect your Digital Journal account with Facebook to use this feature.

Connect

Facebook Camera for iOS makes its debut

Study shows effects of maternal & fetal exposure to pesticides

Op-Ed: The Obama 'birther' nonsense explained

325463,325460,325447

Arts Auto Business Crime Entertainment Environment Food Health Internet Lifestyle Odd News Politics Religion Science Sports Technology Travel World

Bananas News

EU Agrees to Cut Tariffs on Banana Imports from Latin America

A 15-year-long dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was finally brought to an end in Geneva on Tuesday with the signing of a deal which will see tariffs cut on bananas imported in to the EU from countries in Latin America.

In the Media by Chris Dade

7-Eleven testing new wrapping for bananas

Bananas have a very short shelf life with an average of two days. 7-Eleven is test marketing a new wrapper that will keep a single banana firm and yellow for five days.

In the Media by Cynthia Trowbridge - 21 comments

Fuel From Banana Waste

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are looking at ways to use banana waste to produce fuel and developing simple methods of producing banana briquettes.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 8 comments

Japanese Go Bananas For Bananas

Japanese are following a new diet craze: the “Morning Banana Diet.” Due to their newfound love of this fruit, the country is running out of bananas.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 11 comments

Students Debut Decadent Banana Dessert at Food Expo

Fresh fruit, three flavors of ice cream and chocolate syrup. Yum. That vision was the subjective basis for a new product developed by a team of Virginia Tech students.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 8 comments

Indian cops go bananas over necklace thief

Indian police forced a thief to eat 40 bananas in a few hours, so that he could excrete a 45,000-rupee gold necklace that he had stolen and then swallowed. I would suggest more ruffage.

In the Media by RobotGod - 2 comments

Banana Sales in China Falter On Rumors the Fruit Contains SARS Virus

The rumour was started by text message, and quickly spread throughout the country. "Hainan bananas contain SARS virus!" the message read. The subsequent drop in sales has been catastrophic to the Hainan banana producers.

In the Media by Pamela Jean - 3 comments

Learning from bananas - a management lesson

Is there a connection between bananas and management? Seth Godin says there is.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 7 comments

In ten years, bananas could slip from the face of the earth!

Two fungal diseases are invading banana plantations.

In the Media by bullseye - 2 comments

Bananas: Proof of God?

These guys attempt to prove the existence of God via the design of bananas

In the Media by mccluret - 4 comments

apis-131232 apis-127856 apis-109743 apis-106199 apis-97596 apis-97336 apis-94672 apis-74487

Set up a news alert for

Bananas

Bananas Headlines

Worldwide march of banana fungus

The global spread of a banana fungus is traced back to its origins in South-East Asia, research finds.

Anzhi angered in Samba banana row

Anzhi Makhachkala hit back at "interference" after Lokomotiv Moscow claim an Anzhi fan - not a Lokomotiv supporter - threw a banana at Christopher Samba.

Samba is upset by Russian racism

Congo's Christopher Samba, who had a banana thrown at him while playing for Russians Anzhi Makhachkala, laments the fact that the incident happened so close to children.

Most Outrageous Taxes in America

Strange, unlikely, surreal: Take the tax codes of the 50 states, apply a magnifying glass, and here and there, hiding amongst the small print, are specimens that would amaze Barnum: A tax on fur, a tax on nudity; taxes on bagels (if sliced, but not if intact); on salt, pets, tattoos; on blueberries, on candy (if not containing flour), on illegal drugs, on sparklers, septic tanks and playing cards. Californians don't pay tax fresh fruit---unless they buy their banana from a vending machine.