It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is ...

A cutting-edge AI method, EasyDAM_V4, is set to transform fruit detection in agriculture by enabling automatic labeling of ...

tasting texture requires mechanical sensation, and it is unclear whether taste organs like the tongue have this capacity. The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called ...

tasting texture requires mechanical sensation, and it is unclear whether taste organs like the tongue have this capacity. The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called ...

Larvae navigate and prefer older, rotting fruit compared to fresh fruit. Most research on food sensation has focused on tastes like sweetness or saltiness. But preferences for food often depend on ...