Creepy-crawlies can provide unique insights into how exercise benefits humans – but how do you get a fruit fly to drop and give you 20 or a nematode to run a marathon? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833133-000-why-fitness-training-for-worms-and-flies-could-make-humans-healthier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Google just created the most detailed image of a brain yet
The map contains thousands of brain cells and millions of connections found inside the brain of a fruit fly. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fruit-fly-high-resolution-brain-connectivity.html
Google Scientists Unveil the Biggest, Most Detailed Map of the Fly Brain Yet
An anonymous reader shares a summary from Howard Hughes Medical Institute: In a darkened room in Ashburn, Virginia, rows of scientists sit at computer screens displaying vivid 3-D shapes. With a click of a mouse, they spin each shape to examine it from all sides. The scientists are working inside a concrete building at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research…
Semen seems to help female fruit flies remember things better
A molecule in male fruit fly semen boosts females’ long-term memory – the first example of mating playing a role in cognition Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224230-semen-seems-to-help-female-fruit-flies-remember-things-better/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…