Fruit fly brains are smaller than a poppy seed, but that doesn't mean they aren't complex. For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult fruit flies brain. The journal *Nature *simultaneously published nine papers) related to this new brain map. Until now, only a roundworm and a fruit fly larva had been mapped in this way.**Read more of science correspondent Jon Hamilton)'s reporting here). ***Want to know more about the future of brain science? Email us at [email protected]) — we might cover it on a future episode! *Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)
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