Fly flight is just a great phenomenon to study. It has everything - from the most sophisticated sensory biology; really, really interesting… — Michael Dickinson Biology Copy Share Image
I grew up watching 'Star Trek.' I love 'Star Trek.' 'Star Trek' made me want to see alien creatures, creatures from a… — Michael Dickinson Alien Copy Share Image
One of the fastest things a fruit fly does is take information from its eyes and react accordingly. — Michael Dickinson Accordingly Copy Share Image
Like many insects, flies are most sensitive to green light. This means that they would see their world as 'black and white,'… — Michael Dickinson Black Copy Share Image
We discovered that fruit flies alter course in less than one one-hundredth of a second, 50 times faster than we blink our… — Michael Dickinson Alter Copy Share Image
For many years in my laboratory and other laboratories around the world, we've been studying fly behaviors in little flight simulators. You… — Michael Dickinson Around Copy Share Image
Only flies have true halteres. In fact, the scientific term for flies, 'diptera,' means 'two wings.' Most insects, including bees, have two… — Michael Dickinson Been Copy Share Image
Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well. — Michael Dickinson Although Copy Share Image
The robotic fly that we actually make the most use of in our laboratory is actually not a small thing, it's a… — Michael Dickinson About Copy Share Image
When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab,… — Michael Dickinson Annoyance Copy Share Image
If flies are a great model, they're a great model for flies. These animals, you know, they're not like us. We don't… — Michael Dickinson Animals Copy Share Image
Although finding fruit flies in your wine or beer can be a bit annoying, I hope people will pause to admire the… — Michael Dickinson Admire Copy Share Image
If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you'll see that they're rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves;… — Michael Dickinson Actually Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events… — Michael Dickinson Biology Copy Share Image
When it first notices an approaching threat, a fly's body might be in any sort of posture depending on what it was… — Michael Dickinson Any Copy Share Image
The fruit flies we work with have the equivalent of about a 25 by 25 pixel camera. But that camera is very,… — Michael Dickinson About Copy Share Image
It is difficult, but intriguing, to imagine seeing the world as a fly might. First, flies don't have nearly the same visual… — Michael Dickinson Difficult Copy Share Image
It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate… — Michael Dickinson Aim Copy Share Image
The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There's hundreds of species within the genus. They're on every continent except… — Michael Dickinson Antarctica Copy Share Image
There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know… — Michael Dickinson Able Copy Share Image
A fly with a brain the size of a salt grain has the behavioral repertoire nearly as complex as a much larger… — Michael Dickinson Animal Copy Share Image
