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Why it's so hard to swat a fly

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?a=ugsJNC"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=ugsJNC" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=vEKKqK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=vEKKqK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=SBg7wk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=SBg7wk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=665Ubk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=665Ubk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/377885392" height="1" width="1"/>