The British Army wants better drone pilots, so it makes them learn 'the hardest way to fly'

The British Army is teaching future drone pilots to fly manually because it's more difficult than using a stabilized platform ...

Is There Anything a Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do?

But models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This New Brain Map Shows Every Nerve Cell in an Adult Male Fruit Fly’s Central Nervous System. Here’s Why That Matters

Wiring diagram of an adult male fruit fly's central nervous system Philip Hubbard / HHMI Janelia Research Campus Researchers have mapped an adult male fruit fly’s brain and nerve cord—the equivalent ...
CNN

The US has a plan to breed millions of flies and drop them from planes. Here’s why

Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the sky might sound like a horrible nightmare, but experts say such a swarm could be the livestock industry’s best defense against a flesh-eating ...
The Conversation

How a fly sees the world – and why understanding its vision can help prevent disease

Jakob von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist ahead of his time, intrigued by the idea that animals inhabit unique perceptual worlds quite unlike our own. In 1934, he described angling for flies by ...
Adirondack Explorer

Fly of the Week: Cosseboom Salmon

This fly has a long debated past, with many wondering where and how it originated. However, it remains a popular catch.