Flies can move their rigid, omnidirectional eyes – a little

00:46 How flies can move their eyes (a little)It's long been assumed flies’ eyes don’t move, and so to alter their gaze they need to move their heads. Now, researchers have shown that this isn’t quite true and that fruit flies can actually move their retinas using a specific set of muscles, which may allow them to perceive depth. The team also hope that this movement may provide a window into some of the flies’ internal processes.Research article: Fenk et al.08:54 Research HighlightsHow the 80-year-old wreck of a sunken warship is influencing ocean microbes, and tracing an epilepsy-related gene variant back to a single person from 800 years ago.Research Highlight: A ship sunk during the Second World War still stirs up the seabedResearch Highlight: Families on three continents inherited their epilepsy from a single person11:11 Calls to mandate militaries’ emissions reportingThe eyes of the world will be focused on the UN’s upcoming COP27 conference to see what governments will pledge to do to reduce global emissions. But there’s one sector of countries’ carbon outputs that remains something of a mystery: the emissions of their militaries. We speak to Oliver Belcher, one of a group of researchers who have written a Comment article for Nature, calling for better reporting and greater accountability for these military emissions.Comment: Decarbonize the military — mandate emissions reporting19:07 Briefing ChatWe discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. T...
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