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- Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol, perhaps to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward
- Implanted Biofuel Cell Operating in Living Snail
- Basketball-sized eyes help squids play defense
- Believing the impossible: No evidence for existence of psychic ability found
| Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol, perhaps to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:54 AM PDT After being deprived of sex, male fruit flies may turn to alcohol to fulfill a physiological demand for a reward, according to a new study. Neurobiology experts say that understanding why rejected male flies find solace in ethanol could help treat human addictions.  |
| Implanted Biofuel Cell Operating in Living Snail Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:50 AM PDT Researchers have implanted a biofuel cell in a living snail. This is the first incidence of an implanted biofuel cell continuously operating in a snail and producing electrical power over a long period of time using the snail's physiologically produced glucose as a fuel.  |
| Basketball-sized eyes help squids play defense Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT Researchers have used complex computations to explain squids' massive peepers. Giant squids' 10-inch eyes allow them to see very large and hungry sperm whales from a distance in the pitch darkness of their deep-sea home.  |
| Believing the impossible: No evidence for existence of psychic ability found Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:47 AM PDT Research failing to find evidence for the existence of psychic ability has been published, following a year of industry debate.  |
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