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Scientists Unveil the First-Ever Complete Map of an Adult Fruit Fly’s Brain, Captured in Stunning Detail (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sweet trigger caused the simulation to send signals that would extend the proboscis, and the bitter one didn’t. Further study showed that the computer model was more than 90 percent accurate in predicting how a real fly’s brain would respond.

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[–] hakunawazo 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Sorry offtopic, but image looks like a person from below rendered with the wrong textures. Maybe it's just me, like with a Rorschach test.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

dontputyourdickinthat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Well now I'm absolutely going to

[–] SchmidtGenetics 6 points 3 days ago

Face down, ass up, that’s the we like to fuck.

Like feet and everything.