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A Genetically Engineered Fly That Can Smell Light

Posted by timothy on from the lsd-way-cheaper dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It sounds like a cool — if somewhat pointless — super-powered insect: a fly that can smell light! Researchers added a light-sensitive protein to a fruit fly's olfactory neurons, which caused the neurons to fire when the fly was exposed to a certain wavelength of blue light. Adding the protein specifically to neurons that respond to good smells, like bananas, makes for a light-seeking fly."

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  1. Re:Someone said it before ;) by vashfish · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  2. Re:I for one by denmarkw00t · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seriously, mod this man UP. I understand that every insect/alien/Ballmer thread has an "I for one" post, but to be labeled redundant as the first of it's kind in a thread is ridiculous.

    I, for one, DO NOT welcome our redundant-modding moderators.