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The first wiring map of an insect's brain hints at incredible complexity

6:34pm March 09, 2023

by Jon Hamilton

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.

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The scientific community has lots of feelings about emoji representation. Geologists are excited about the new rock emoji, for example, but reviews are mixed when it comes to the fly.

Scientists ♥ Their Emojis, But It's Complicated

4:35pm February 12, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The latest batch of new emojis is coming soon and it contains some wins for science-lovers. But scientists have mixed feelings about some of the new images from nature.

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A sea butterfly at different stages of a wing beat.

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WATCH: Incredible Tiny Snail Beats Its Watery Wings And 'Flies'

8:23pm February 18, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists say Limacina helicina, which moves much like a fruit fly, represents a "remarkable" evolutionary convergence. Its ancestors and those of flying insects diverged some 550 million years ago.

Stephen Jenner, from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, sprays an insecticide under an avocado tree where some Oriental fruit flies were found on September 9, 2015 in Homestead, Fla. After months fighting a fruit fly infestation,

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Florida Says Its Fruits, Vegetables Are Safe From Invasive Fruit Fly

12:15pm February 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Since September, Florida has been fighting an infestation of the Oriental fruit fly, an invasive pest that threatened more than 400 crops. The state declared the insect eradicated as of Saturday.