Learn about how and why we study fruit flies with some help from Stephanie Mohr, author of the new book “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery.” But first, learn why it’s actually a good thing that doctors work such long hours.

Get your copy of “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery” on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UFlrLQ

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why it might actually be a good thing that doctors work such long hours: https://curiosity.im/2UvhpVy

Additional resources from Stephanie Mohr:

“First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery” — https://amzn.to/2UFlrLQ

Follow Stephanie Mohr on Twitter @smohrfly — https://twitter.com/smohrfly

Harvard bio — https://scholar.harvard.edu/smohr

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