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Wilson sees enormous value in the study of tiny fruit flies. |

Local scientists honored, boosted by 'genius' grants
MacArthur fellowships stun winners
A Harvard neurobiologist who regularly does surgery on fruit fly brains smaller than a poppy seed and an MIT structural engineer who searches for modern design principles in Gothic churches are among the 25 winners of the $500,000 MacArthur "genius" grants announced today. (Full article: 996 words)
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