'Bug brain soup' expands menu for scientists studying animal brains

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Apr 8, 2021, 2:23 pm478 ptsHot
Using a surprisingly simple technique, researchers in the University of Arizona Department of Neuroscience have succeeded in approximating how many brain cells make up the brains of several species of bees, ants and wasps. The work revealed that certain species of bees have a higher density of brain cells than…

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