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Study Shows Fruit Fly Sperm Self‑Organize to Avoid Tangling

A Nature Physics paper demonstrates that mechanical contact among thousands of millimeter‑long sperm drives system‑wide flows that keep tails taut.

Single-Gene Switch Rewires Fruit Fly Brains to Transfer Gift-Giving Courtship

Nighttime Caffeine Triggers Impulsive Behavior in Fruit Flies