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Twitching Flies Tell Epilepsy’s Tale

By | October 15, 2012

Fruit flies engineered to suffer from temperature-dependent seizures reveal overactive sodium channels in neurons.

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Flies Evolve to Count

By | July 12, 2012

Researchers breed fruit flies that, after 40 generations of conditioning, have acquired the ability to react to numbers.

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Burgers and Flies

By | May 1, 2012

Inspired by Darwin, Mohamed Noor has uncovered the molecular dance by which a single species becomes two.

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Boozing for Better Health

By | February 16, 2012

Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.

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