23 Oct 2024

Science: Liquid cats, fast fat internet and fruit fly brains

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 23 October 2024
A cat squeezed in to a bowl.

Are cats liquid? No, obviously. But scientists tried to understand what might be going on in cats' brains to think they can get into the smallest of places. Photo: Pixabay

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at a new study into whether cats are really liquid (just search the internet).

A researcher in Hungary wanted to understand why cats seem to be squeeze into the smallest of spaces - and how he tested that is fascinating.

Is faster internet also making us fatter?

And the fruit fly has now had its brain mapped more than any other organism.

Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology.

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