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Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

Naked Scientists Special Editions Podcast by Dr Chris Smith

May 19, 202500:04:54Science & Medicine

What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we're exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia - a bacterium that turns female fruit flie...

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Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky is an episode from Naked Scientists Special Editions Podcast by Dr Chris Smith. What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This...

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Published May 19, 2025, 00:04:54 long, audio available.