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... ment and a bountiful supply of invective . First you take a sewing needle . Only a new one works because , as I found out later , it retains a thin film of machine oil . Next take a mixture of rubbing alcohol and sugar and place a drop ...
... ment and a bountiful supply of invective . First you take a sewing needle . Only a new one works because , as I found out later , it retains a thin film of machine oil . Next take a mixture of rubbing alcohol and sugar and place a drop ...
Page 49
... ment the fly remained hungry . We tried more sugar , and more , and more . After we had produced candied but still ravenously hungry flies , we were forced to conclude that blood - sugar levels did not regulate hunger or satiation . As ...
... ment the fly remained hungry . We tried more sugar , and more , and more . After we had produced candied but still ravenously hungry flies , we were forced to conclude that blood - sugar levels did not regulate hunger or satiation . As ...
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... ment may reflect the attitude of certain spe- cialized members of the human race but hardly applies to mankind as a species . In the insect world , however , the statement is liter- ally true . Molière could not have known this , since ...
... ment may reflect the attitude of certain spe- cialized members of the human race but hardly applies to mankind as a species . In the insect world , however , the statement is liter- ally true . Molière could not have known this , since ...
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