Nervous System of the Fruit Fly

The nervous system of the fruit fly, magnified 40 times. There was a time when we thought genes controlled everything and that humans were genetically superior. Yet the human genome is estimated to have only 23,000 protein-encoding genes, while the minuscule fruit fly...

Ghandi visits the chiropractor!

And why wouldn’t Ghandi have high blood pressure when you think about it, really? Half naked in toga-like getup, hungry, facing thousands of British soldiers without a weapon. Of course his nervous system is going to have issues…