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  1. 🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

    The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

  2. 🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

    The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

  3. 🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

    The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

  4. 🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

    The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

  5. 🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

    The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

  6. So bannanas look bruised when they're ripe, and they ripen faster when there are fruit flies nearby.

    So are bananas the punching bags of fruit flies?
    🤔

    #Thought #thinkthunk #FruitFlies #Fruit #Banana #PunchingBags #GymBroFruitFlies

  7. RE: fediscience.org/@eLife/1162354

    About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

    © this text #StefanFWirth

  8. RE: fediscience.org/@eLife/1162354

    About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

    © this text #StefanFWirth

  9. RE: fediscience.org/@eLife/1162354

    About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

    © this text #StefanFWirth

  10. RE: fediscience.org/@eLife/1162354

    About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

    © this text #StefanFWirth

  11. RE: fediscience.org/@eLife/1162354

    About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

    © this text #StefanFWirth

  12. Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit

  13. Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit

  14. Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit

  15. Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit

  16. Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit

  17. Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB

  18. Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB

  19. Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB

  20. Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB

  21. Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB

  22. Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
    This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
    @PLOSBiology plos.io/4olpuXm

  23. Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
    This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
    @PLOSBiology plos.io/4olpuXm

  24. Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
    This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
    @PLOSBiology plos.io/4olpuXm

  25. Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
    This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
    @PLOSBiology plos.io/4olpuXm

  26. Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
    This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
    @PLOSBiology plos.io/4olpuXm

  27. Fatty Foods Can Scramble Your Memory Just Days Later

    (© beats_ – stock.adobe.com) Study Shows Why High-Fat Diets Make the Brain Forget Faster — And How It…
    #NewsBeep #News #Nutrition #fattyfood #fruitflies #Health #high-fatdiet #Memory #memoryloss #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/143495/

  28. @EdwinG

    Wow, happy fediversary!

    You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

    Time flies! [1]

    [1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.

    #TimeFlies #FruitFlies #fediversary

  29. @EdwinG

    Wow, happy fediversary!

    You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

    Time flies! [1]

    [1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.

    #TimeFlies #FruitFlies #fediversary

  30. @EdwinG

    Wow, happy fediversary!

    You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

    Time flies! [1]

    [1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.

    #TimeFlies #FruitFlies #fediversary

  31. @EdwinG

    Wow, happy fediversary!

    You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

    Time flies! [1]

    [1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.

    #TimeFlies #FruitFlies #fediversary

  32. @EdwinG

    Wow, happy fediversary!

    You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

    Time flies! [1]

    [1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.

    #TimeFlies #FruitFlies #fediversary

  33. Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/harvard-crimson-harvard-funding-cuts-endanger-the-massive-fruit-fly-database-that-powers-genetic-research/

  34. Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/harvard-crimson-harvard-funding-cuts-endanger-the-massive-fruit-fly-database-that-powers-genetic-research/

  35. Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/harvard-crimson-harvard-funding-cuts-endanger-the-massive-fruit-fly-database-that-powers-genetic-research/

  36. Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/harvard-crimson-harvard-funding-cuts-endanger-the-massive-fruit-fly-database-that-powers-genetic-research/

  37. Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/harvard-crimson-harvard-funding-cuts-endanger-the-massive-fruit-fly-database-that-powers-genetic-research/

  38. Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.

    But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.

    1. Apple cider vinegar
    2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
    3. White wine
    4. Japanese sweet Mirin
    5. Balsamic vinegar
    6. Maple syrup in white vinegar

    #homeScience #fruitFlies

  39. Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.

    But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.

    1. Apple cider vinegar
    2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
    3. White wine
    4. Japanese sweet Mirin
    5. Balsamic vinegar
    6. Maple syrup in white vinegar

    #homeScience #fruitFlies

  40. Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.

    But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.

    1. Apple cider vinegar
    2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
    3. White wine
    4. Japanese sweet Mirin
    5. Balsamic vinegar
    6. Maple syrup in white vinegar

    #homeScience #fruitFlies

  41. Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.

    But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.

    1. Apple cider vinegar
    2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
    3. White wine
    4. Japanese sweet Mirin
    5. Balsamic vinegar
    6. Maple syrup in white vinegar

    #homeScience #fruitFlies