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A chemical irritant that onions use to protect themselves against animals is released when we cut them, making us cry.

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Science

Stop Crying! Tear-Free Onions Are Here

1:22pm February 08, 2018

by Tove Danovich

For years, people have been crying about how chopping onions brings on the waterworks. Well, there's finally a tearless onion, but the allium has not quite caught on with the general public yet.

Chemical Giant Bayer Agrees To Buy Monsanto For $66 Billion

9:49am September 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The deal will create the world's largest supplier of seeds and agricultural chemicals, if it survives scrutiny by regulators. It's part of a wave of agribusiness consolidations.

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Economy

Monsanto Calls Bayer's $62 Billion Takeover Offer 'Financially Inadequate'

2:54pm May 24, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

But the St. Louis-based seed company makes clear it's still willing to negotiate with the German chemical and pharmaceutical giant.

A farmer holds Monsanto's Roundup Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm in Bunceton, Mo. Monsanto has been both celebrated and reviled for its genetically altered seed business.

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What $62 Billion In Cash Could Buy You: Monsanto

2:34pm May 23, 2016

by Chris Arnold

German chemical company Bayer makes a strong offer to buy the giant U.S. agricultural firm.