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A fruit fly's mouthparts touching a droplet of garlic purée, illustrating how a garlic compound disrupts its taste receptors and reproductive behavior.

Cosmos & Physics

Garlic compound tricks fruit fly taste receptors, stopping reproduction

In laboratory tests, a simple purée of garlic completely halted mating and egg-laying in fruit flies.

Dr. Evelyn Reed·May 24, 2026