Courtship is complicated, even in fruit flies

• Love is in the air for the vinegar fly. • Drosophila melanogaster has long been a model for understanding how brains translate sensory information into courtship behavior. • Male

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 134 words
The Complicated Legacy of Mind Controlled Toys

The Complicated Legacy of Mind Controlled Toys

• Imagine a line of affordable toys controlled by the player’s brainwaves. • By interpreting biosignals picked up by the dry electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes in an included he