We've uploaded a fruit fly. We took the @FlyWireNews connectome of the fruit fly brain, applied a simple neuron model ( @Philip_Shiu Nature 2024) and used it to control a MuJoCo physics-simulated body ...

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A regional South Australian couple's fly larvae farm is using discarded produce to make a valuable food source.

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When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

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Every year, millions of Methuselah or super generation monarchs overwinter in the oyamel fir forests of Central Mexico after a 3,000-mile journey from Canada. Then in spring, they start the whole ...

In a German-U.S. collaboration with the participation of the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G), researchers have shown that fruit flies can adapt their social behavior and learn from ...

There is something like less than one chance in 10 billion that this kind of thing could occur," said one expert.

Evolution usually helps a species survive. But sometimes, a trait that once made perfect sense ends up causing real trouble.

Training standard AI models against a diverse pool of opponents — rather than building complex hardcoded coordination rules — ...

If you’re a gardener and you’ve found composting difficult or frustrating, you’re not alone. LAist science reporter Jacob ...