World News

64 readers

827 users here now

Rules:

Be a decent person
No spam
Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

founded 6 days ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

107

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

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Lost_My_Mind 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, are we just going to casually skip past the part where a fruit fly SINGS???

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Almost all insects do, it's a mating thing

[–] Lost_My_Mind 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How do we know this? Are there fruit fly song recordings?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We're working on getting a microphone that small, so they aren't intimidated and will allow themselves to be recorded.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 2 points 2 days ago

I want the spotify remix.

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

Because fruit flies are literally one of the most studied animals in the world, and yes

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=fruit+fly+song&btnG=