Antitrust meaning: what the Sherman Act and the laws after it actually forbid
Antitrust meaning in plain terms: the Sherman and Clayton Acts, the FTC, the consumer welfare fight, and how merger thresholds and the HHI work.
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RNA interference sprays: the pesticides that switch a pest's genes off
Sprayable double-stranded RNA silences one of a pest's genes instead of poisoning it. How it works, what has been approved and what is still unknown.
Titanium dioxide: where it comes from, and why Europe took it out of food
Titanium dioxide starts as black mineral sand and ends up in paint, sunscreen and sweets. Where it comes from, why the EU banned E171 and what is unclear.
Books about bees: six worth reading, from wild bees to a first hive
Books about bees for every kind of reader: native bees, how a honeybee swarm decides, two manuals for a first hive, and the case on pollinator decline.
Environmental books worth reading: eight classics and modern nature books
Eight environmental books and nature books worth reading, from Silent Spring and A Sand County Almanac to fungi, animal senses, extinction and a novel.
Cabinet refinishing, explained without the brochure
What a new coating on old kitchen cabinets can and can't promise, how to test the claims, and what to ask a painter before you sign.
What does CRISPR stand for? The acronym word by word, and how the tool works
The CRISPR acronym means Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. What each word describes, and how bacteria gave us gene editing.