Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

My experimentation question is " Hoe Does Microgravity Affect Living Organisms?" I am using wingless fruit flies as the living organism, and I am having trouble finding research sources, both books and online, can anyone help?

I'd google on NASA & microgravity effects, adding more restrictions (such as & flies) as necessary to narrow down the choices.

Hi kyram740!

I see that you are working on the effects of microgravity on fruit flies. It seems like some research has been done on this topic at places such as NASA. I'd suggest taking a look around their website, specifically here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stati ... BA-SM.html Another website that may be helpful is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11543046

Both of these sites were found through a simple Google search; I just typed in "microgravity on fruit flies." I recommend trying your own search and seeing what pops up. I'm sure there is at least some information on this topic.

Hope this helps!

-W.Z.