Fruit fly mutants that have severe sleep deficits perform better at olfactory learning and memory tasks, according to a new study. The paradox of enhanced memory despite sleep loss could be explained ...

A s temperatures rise, so does the possibility of fruit flies invading your home, primarily in your kitchen. Fruit flies can ...

Fruit flies with genetic mutations that severely reduce sleep show enhanced performance in olfactory memory tasks, ...

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Fruit is widely regarded as a healthy food — but is there such a thing as too much? In a recent video, a Harvard researcher sets out to explore the nutritional nuances of this popular food group ...

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There isn't an individual trophy awarded to the winner of the England versus Italy fixture every year in the Six Nations, which is just as well really, because it would never have changed hands.

Warmer weather will be here before you know it. This year, if you want to avoid fruit flies or any annoying pests in your kitchen at all costs, follow these tips. Preventing the problem before it ...

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman, who was the No. 33 pick in 2024, hilariously recalled teams getting mad at him for eating fruit snacks at the NFL combine last year. "Teams mad I'm eating ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation ...

However, they note that flies are attracted to "foul-smelling discharges from body openings," where they lay their eggs. These eggs then hatch into maggots. And the said that his wife had been ...

Morgan's experiments are not only fundamental to our knowledge of heredity; they have also made an animal respectable for science, which previously only a few specialists had worked with: the fruit, ...