Sickness Makes You Antisocial, Fruit Fly Facts (w/ Stephanie Mohr), and a Sting Pain Index

Learn about where fruit flies come from and what they do from special guest Stephanie Mohr, author of “First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery.” You’ll also learn about why your brain makes you extra antisocial when you’re sick, and how entomologist Justin Schmidt created a pain scale from insect stings.

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 stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Your Brain Makes You Extra Antisocial When You're Sick — https://curiosity.im/2GA2npZ

This Scientist Created a Pain Scale by Letting Bugs Sting Him — https://curiosity.im/2J3vTG2

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 Medical School bio — https://fgr.hms.harvard.edu/people/stephanie-e-mohr

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