* By poking a snail with a TINY stick when it is in the four->eight-cell transition stage, this researcher was able to change the way it spiraled. If a left-spiral snail was made right-spiral, it still produced left-spiral babies. Link to the article here.
* By placing plants that just sprouted in water full of a chemical called stomagen, a researcher succeeded in increasing the number of pores that suck up CO2. The optimum level of increase is two to threefold. The link to the article here.
* A researcher maintained fly colonies in darkness for over 50 years and discovered that they evolve to have longer antennas for detecting smells. No paper yet but will present at a conference in Japan. Perhaps, I should start growing something in an extreme condition now, so that I can make my point in 50 years. A news article here.