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Science journalist. I write about biology. Read my stories in @nytimes @NatGeo @TIME @sciam @QuantaMagazine @NatureNews @WIRED @PopMech

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Fruit Fly Sperm Are Giant. How Do They Stay Untangled?

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| Breaking One
(Trilobites) Some of the largest sperm come from the smallest animals. Take the tiny fruit flies that hover over overripe bananas. The male flies hold the world record for longest sperm, at a whopping 2 inches. That's roughly 20 times their body size (and about 1,000 times the length of human sperm, which are 0.05 millimeters). The physics of this presents a real packing nightmare. It's like jamming thousands of strands of fishing line into a shoebox.
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Fruit Fly Sperm Are Giant. How Do They Stay Untangled? Original

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Fruit Fly Sperm Are Giant. How Do They Stay Untangled? A fruit fly’s sperm are exceptionally long, and thousands are crammed in together. The physics of this presents a packing nightmare.
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An Unlikely Recovery on Cape Cod National Seashore

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| National Parks Traveler Verified
How A Once-Toxic Cape Cod Lagoon Became A Horseshoe Crab Haven NORTH TRURO, Massachusetts — It’s a warm, sunny June morning as Sophia Fox pulls on her wetsuit and wades into the cool waters of East Harbor. About ten feet from the shore, she stops, scans the surface, and plunges her arm into the shallow waters. Waves ripple outward, and for a moment, nothing happens. When she straightens again, her cupped hand lifts something out of the water, dripping into the light.
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