Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

September 3, 2026 · 3:01 pm 3 sources

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Wires & papers of record

• How the brain of a fly may help explain human behaviour
  BBC News · September 3, 2026 15:01
  Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.

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• Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents
  Ars Technica · September 3, 2026 18:22
  Insect-inspired "sparse coding" does fast learning, avoids catastrophic forgetting.
• Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed
  Ars Technica · September 4, 2026 16:24
  Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.