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• Optical illusions explained in a fly's eyes
• Are antivitamins the new antibiotics?
• Beam me up: Researchers use 'behavioral teleporting' to study social interactions
• How dinosaur research can help medicine

Optical illusions explained in a fly's eyes Posted: 24 Aug 2020 02:04 PM PDT Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. Now neuroscientists have found some answers in the eyes of flies.

Are antivitamins the new antibiotics? Posted: 24 Aug 2020 10:18 AM PDT Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of modern medicine and have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin almost 100 years ago. However, bacteria can develop resistance to antibiotics which then leaves doctors struggling to find effective treatments. Researchers have now described a promising new approach involving 'antivitamins' to develop new classes of antibiotics.

Beam me up: Researchers use 'behavioral teleporting' to study social interactions Posted: 24 Aug 2020 09:00 AM PDT Researchers have devised a novel approach to getting physically separated fish to interact with each other, leading to insights about what kinds of cues influence social behavior.

How dinosaur research can help medicine Posted: 24 Aug 2020 07:56 AM PDT The intervertebral discs connect the vertebrae and give the spine its mobility. The disc consists of a cartilaginous fibrous ring and a gelatinous core as a buffer. It has always been assumed that only humans and other mammals have discs. A misconception, as a research team has now discovered: Even Tyrannosaurus rex could have suffered a slipped disc.

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