This honestly feels like a landmark study. Both in terms of the jaw-dropping technical setup (full VR rig AND real-time brain imaging for untethered flies), an

This honestly feels like a landmark study. Both in terms of the jaw-dropping technical setup (full VR rig AND real-time brain imaging for untethered flies), and the results (proof of otherwise unknowable cognitive abilities) with interesting philosophical implications about the differentiation we humans perform when categorizing animals (for example, is killing a fly morally different than killing a horse/cow?)