EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 38 MIN
Fly Propaganda
from Frivolous Science · host Frivolous Science
Today's bonus episode features the full interview with Dr. Christina May, who shares her thoughts on the wonders of working with flies, and a peek into the effect of sugar on the brain.Creator & Host: Houda KhaledLink to the papers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.027https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54530Music by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue):Castor Wheel PivotGriddleKake*Minor correction: The human brain has closer to ~100 billion neurons, rather than a trillion - Dr. May's initial guess. Still orders of magnitude more than the ~100K in a fly!*
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Today's bonus episode features the full interview with Dr. Christina May, who shares her thoughts on the wonders of working with flies, and a peek into the effect of sugar on the brain.Creator & Host: Houda KhaledLink to the papers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.027https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54530Music by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue):Castor Wheel PivotGriddleKake*Minor correction: The human brain has closer to ~100 billion neurons, rather than a trillion - Dr. May's initial guess. Still orders of magnitude more than the ~100K in a fly!*
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