fly
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Lucy and her boyfriend Sam Littler, who had been visiting her father and his family, were due to fly home later on the day of her death.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
It included the first Black man, Victor Glover, and the first woman, Christina Koch, to fly around the Moon.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The researchers have already used the connectome to study motor control, especially how a fly moves its legs and other body parts.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
“To fly like C.C.? To look down on the Very, Very Far North from the sky? Oh, yes, I think that would be amazing.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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