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How flies avoid 'swatter threat'

(CNN) -- Flies always appear to be a step ahead of the swatter. And now scientists believe they know why.

Olfactory Fine-Tuning Helps Fruit Flies Find Mates

Fruit flies fine-tune their olfactory systems by recalibrating the sensitivity of different odor channels in response to changing concentrations of environmental cues, a new study has shown.

Even fruit flies have an orientation memory: Recall tested in a virtual space

In order to cope with their environment, animals must be able to remember the location of their destination in situations in which they temporarily lose sight of it. This ability, known as orientation memory, is found in primates and has now also been observed in fruit flies.

Missing gene renders fruit flies clueless about sex

A missing gene for a particular odour receptor leaves male fruit flies clueless about sex, according to a Duke University Medical Centre study.

More Than 150,000 Species Of Flies, Gnats, Maggots, Midges, Mosquitoes Documented In Database

Distinguishing between insect pests and partners starts with an ironclad identification. So Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Chris Thompson headed up efforts to accurately identify and name almost 157,000 flies, gnats, maggots, midges, mosquitoes and related species in the order Diptera.

Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops

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Fernando flies in for Worcestershire

Dilhara Fernando, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has joined Worcestershire as a replacement overseas player for the remainder of the season.

Chingoka flies to Dubai for ICC talks

Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket's chairman, will travel to Dubai for talks with David Morgan, the ICC president, after the Zimbabwe board failed to endorse Chingoka's offer that his country would stay away from ICC centenary celebrations in England next summer and the ICC World Twenty20 which follows.

Fruit Flies Provide Insight Into Bacterial Infections In Humans

Joseph Zabner and colleagues, at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, have used a fruit fly (Drosophila) model of infection to provide new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the virulence of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is a major cause of infections in individuals who are hospitalized, have burn wounds, or have cystic fibrosis.

Brown flies into Israel for talks

Gordon Brown has announced £30m (38m euros; $60m) of additional financial support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), on a visit to the West bank.

Ponting flies home early

HEADING home ... Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has left the West Indies early after being ruled out of the final two one-day games with a wrist injury. / Agence France-Presse

Man Flies In Lawn Chair Tied To Balloons

Riding a lawn chair tied to more than 150 giant party bal... Kent Couch kisses his wife, Susan, before taking off from... Kent Couch smiles as he prepares to take off in his lates... Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., ...

Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops

Rosetta caught up with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, just after 8:45 p.m. (1845 GMT) Friday in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and

Warhawk update flies free

Sony’s excellent online-only PS3 blast-party, Warhawk, is due yet another update. Better yet this one’s free and is heading our way before the month is out – August 27th, in fact.

Oregon man flies 320 km using balloons

Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jeff Barnard

Injured Ponting flies home

Ricky Ponting will return home from the West Indies after being ruled out of Sunday's final one-day international.

World's newest species flies in forest of Gabon

A red-breasted robin living in the forests of Gabon has become the world's newest species discovered by humans, according to media reports Sunday quoting a study in the journal Zootaxa.

World's newest species flies in forest of Gabon

Brian Schmidt, a research ornithologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, makes notes of a female specimen of the newly-discovered olive-backed forest robin in this photo taken in September 2003.A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on August 15, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Missing gene renders fruit flies clueless about sex

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Al Dhaid cricket village flies high

"It is a matter of great pride for us that this venue has been approved to stage World Cup qualifying matches," remarked Waleed Bukhatir, the chairman of the Al Dhaid Cricket Village.

Hooked on hard stuff - the sad truth about bar flies and java junkies

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Chinese cheered by solar eclipse a week before Olympics, after months of natural disasters

A plane flies in front of the sun over the Damyns Hall Aerodrome during a partial eclipse in Essex, England, on Aug. 1. The sun was totally eclipsed today over Canada, Russia and China.

Three artists ride 'Vomit comet' over Moscow

'Vomit comet' flies over Moscow - Three artists attempting to creat art in zero-gravity conditions during a parabolic flight over the skies of Moscow, resulted in two of them falling ill.

Why it's so hard to swat a fly

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Online fraud confusion damaging small business' credibility with customers

The tendency of small business to hold others responsible flies in the face of the fact that consumers associate bad experiences on a site directly with the merchant, regardless of fault. This reveals a worrying disconnect between the retailer's perceptions and their customers' expectations. Additional PayPoint.net research also shows that consumers are willing to vote with their feet: just 3 per cent of online shoppers would trust a small online business with their money, preferring to shop with larger online brands. Furthermore, 81 per cent of consumers are suspicious of the security of small, unknown companies demonstrating that small online retailers have more, not less to prove.

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