Wheatgrass flavonoids can powerfully combat oxidative stress and extend fruit fly lifespans. Scientists studying 228 ...

The quiet panic when a child has a fever. The stubbornness about saving the last piece of mithai for someone who might still ...

The summer months are always going to see pesky flies and bluebottles come into your home, however, there are easy ways to ...

Fruit flies that take their sweet time growing up tend to live longer, a new study led by an Iowa State University research team found. Why it matters: Their extended lifespans could help science find ...

Fruit flies: how to get rid of them If you’re looking for other solutions to evict the gnats and fruit flies in your home, consider a silent, non-zapping bug trap.

Do you see the light? Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots Light and smells can turn flies into remote-controlled near-automatons.

Get rid of fruit flies with this simple pint-glass trick that traps them fast with no chemicals.

But the fruit fly is much more than an annoying house guest. In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these ...

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to get rid of.

The fruit fly's brain contains around 130,000 neurons (a human's brain contains 86 billion; mice, which often stand-in for humans in scientific research and testing, have 100 million neurons).

An adult fruit fly’s brain is much more complex, however—and most importantly, the small insects share 60 percent of human DNA, as well 75 percent of the genes that cause genetic diseases, per ...

Scientists announced a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, a feat that may provide insight into brains across the animal kingdom ...