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technology1 hour ago•1 min saved

Fruit Fly Brain Map Takes the Wheel in Doom and Beat Saber

Researchers released MaleCNS v1.0, a full wiring map of an adult male fruit fly brain (about 166,000 neurons and 125 million connections) built by Google Research, HHMI Janelia, and partners using AI on millions of images, then connected it to games like Doom, Beat Saber, and Minecraft to translate sensory inputs into neural activity and outputs into game controls. The work demonstrates a sophisticated brain-like model driving virtual actions, but scientists emphasize it is a static connectome, not a conscious mind, while sparking ongoing demos and debates about the ethics and implications of brain simulations.

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science6 days ago•59 min saved

Complete male fruit fly brain connectome unlocks sex-specific brain comparisons

Scientists have finished the first full connectome of the male fruit fly’s central nervous system, mapping all 166,000 neurons across brain, optic lobes, and ventral nerve cord. When compared with the female map unveiled in 2024, this resource enables researchers to identify sex-specific neural circuits underlying behaviors such as mating and aggression. The project, by the FlyEM team at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus with Cambridge Connectomics and Google Research, was published in Cell and Current Biology and lays groundwork for future large-scale connectomics across species.

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