On Valentine’s Day, it’s good to know that humans aren’t the only creatures who court: fruit flies fall in love too! Scientists have taken an important step toward understanding human mating behavior by showing that certain of their genes become activated when they interact with the opposite sex, meaning that courtship behaviors may be far more influenced by genetics than previously thought (are men PROGRAMMED to buy their girlfriends flowers?)
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Interesting image could easily be hoaxed, so no way to grade it above C. Still, most interesting and our gut says it’s real. Graded C.
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This Google Street View image was sent to us by a German reader. It’s quite a shocker. Unless someone at Google is playing games, which is always possible, this is an excellent UFO image.
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