Evolutionary shifts in olfactory sensitivities in fruit flies
How do an animal's senses change as it evolves to occupy a new ecological niche? By comparing the olfactory system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, which feeds from multiple fruit types, with that of its sibling species D. sechellia, a specialist particularly drawn to a single fruit type, researchers have demonstrated how evolution can act on several different levels of a sensory system...'Metro' - a Witty Look at Insensitivities of City Life
Director Anurag Basu seems to have an obsession with heights. In "Murder", "Gangster" and now "Metro", characters are seen hanging down or just sitting on ledges of skyscrapers. In "Metro", he even gets his rock band to climb atop a building and strum guitars. And when it isn't guitars, it's Irrfan and Konkona getting on a rooftop to scream their lungs out. It's meant...