Comments on: Blue light smells of bananas http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: tom coleman http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59977 tom coleman Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:50:47 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59977 This is a short article from this weeks new scientist: That light smells great Who'd confuse blue light with the aroma of rotting fruit? By adding a light-sensitive protein to neurons triggered by the smell, researchers made fruit fly larvae do just that, and the larvae crawled towards a bright blue light (Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00027) This is a short article from this weeks new scientist:

That light smells great

Who’d confuse blue light with the aroma of rotting fruit? By adding a light-sensitive protein to neurons triggered by the smell, researchers made fruit fly larvae do just that, and the larvae crawled towards a bright blue light (Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00027)

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59958 roz Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:44:08 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59958 well, no wonder miss molly was rockin in the house of blue lites--gimme dat banana! :D well, no wonder miss molly was rockin in the house of blue lites–gimme dat banana! :D

]]> By: Jess xxx http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59944 Jess xxx Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:00:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59944 I now have a crazy craving for a blue banana. :) I now have a crazy craving for a blue banana. :)

]]> By: Isi http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59941 Isi Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:38:42 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59941 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xlGtFArtEIc/SO78RLEk9ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bJtEK5Nv_HM/S220-h/Fry-half-blue-transparent.png *sniff* hey, what smells of blue? :P http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xlGtFArtEIc/SO78RLEk9ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bJtEK5Nv_HM/S220-h/Fry-half-blue-transparent.png
*sniff* hey, what smells of blue?
:P

]]> By: Kerri http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59936 Kerri Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:04:32 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59936 But..... why? But….. why?

]]> By: Jordan Jarvis http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/blue-light-smells-bananas/#comment-59935 Jordan Jarvis Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:04:12 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12661#comment-59935 This man would disagree. To him; blue light sounds like genetically modified fruit flies: http://gizmodo.com/5555412/meet-neil-a-real+life-cyborg-who-hears-colors This man would disagree. To him; blue light sounds like genetically modified fruit flies:
http://gizmodo.com/5555412/meet-neil-a-real+life-cyborg-who-hears-colors

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