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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 30 > Fruit flies to swatters: Better luck next time

Fruit flies to swatters: Better luck next time

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
August 30, 2008

Ever wonder why it is so hard to swat flies?

It’s because they don’t just fly away from impending doom.

They first jump in a direction that takes them away from the swatter, said California Institute of Technology bioengineer Michael Dickinson.

The neurochemistry of the fruit....

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