fruit flies

The Mechanics of Fly Swatting

User Image bleimanb | September 2, 2008
From a surprisingly informative article in today's Telegraph.

Do Fruit Flies Have Free Will?

Brain and Behavior User Image zooillogix | May 16, 2007
The results of a diabolical experiment are forcing scientists and philosophers to reevaluate their notions of free will. Bj/drn Brembs from the Free University in Berlin began his experiment by postulating that if fruit flies are no more than biological robots simply reacting to their environments (i.e. beings without free will), then they should move completely randomly in a featureless room. Then in stroke of pure, evil genius, Brembs and his team glued tiny hooks (attached to strings) to the heads of fruit flies and let them "loose" in completely white surroundings. The fruit flies could…