How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
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Neuroscientists at Rockefeller University used a novel virtual-reality treadmill experiment to show that fruit flies employ sophisticated memory and spatial reasoning—not just hardwired reflexes—to track odor plumes through turbulent air, advancing understanding of neural navigation systems.
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