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The clue to astronauts` immunity in outer space owing to prolonged travel lies in learning the negative impact of zero gravity on fruit flies.
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Evolutionary biologists have shown that the proverb: like mother, like daughter; like father, like son, also applies to inheriting a long life at least for fruit flies.
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Biologists have found that female fruit flies play a larger role in determining paternity than previously thought.
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Scientists have deciphered how lowly fruit flies bred to rapidly develop and reproduce actually evolve over time.
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A new study has shown that adult fruit flies, which were happy in their youth, tend to choose a habitat similar to ones they were born in.
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Scientists have used light to program the memories of fruit flies, according to an Oxford University-led study published in the journal Cell.
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