China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's space station. Researchers aim to study the growth and behavior of fruit flies to conduct research in fields ...

Fruit flies are common uninvited guests in our houses, so you might not feel so bad about all of the wild experiments we put ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While humans won’t be regenerating entire limbs like sea stars ...

When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the Federal ...

Caitlyn Perry receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In a world first, scientists at the University of Utah have ...

A team of UTEP biologists have discovered that nighttime caffeine consumption can increase impulsive behavior, potentially leading to reckless actions. The study examined how nighttime caffeine intake ...

Fruit flies are interesting little creatures. On top of being extremely invasive and annoying to deal with, they also have a bit of a super power when it comes to drugs: they don't like cocaine for ...

This summer, a small number of invasive Mediterranean fruit flies were detected in San Jose. In response, the state started doing something that might seem strange: releasing millions more fruit flies ...

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's space station. The astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station on Oct. 29, beginning their ...