Scientists Can Now Read a Fly's Mind

This study is the first instance in which scientists have been able to identify individual synapses -- work that will help us understand the functional organization of the human brain. "By day, a tiny bug content to live on our food scraps," said Gallio in a ode to the bug. "By night, the superhero that contributes to saving millions of human lives as one of the key model systems of modern biomedical research." The fly may not mind us, but we would do well to further consider the mind of the fly. MORE FROM INVERSE: What If All the Cats in Detroit Grew to the Size of Lions? Human Knowledge Is the Creation of New Information and Brave New Worlds Georgia Tech's Stereotyping Robot Is the Future of AI, Not Racism Mars Will Follow Saturn's Example and Get Itself a Ring Photos via Giphy and R.A./Flickr -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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