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Although their nervous system contains only about 160,000 neurons, they can still perform complex behaviors such as navigating, interacting socially, learning, and reacting to sensory signals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
"The new connectome represents a major advance for the field, with the ability to understand how circuits in the brain receive feedback from and control the actions of the body," she said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
"Our findings suggest that control for actions is highly distributed in local modules that link up and work together in different ways," Bates said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Fruit flies are simple to breed and keep in the lab.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
In some places, lepers had to yell, “Unclean!” and shake a rattle as they walked through the streets.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
