The map contains 166,700 real neurons.

It’s the first complete animal brain ever executed as code.

A connectome maps wiring, not the synaptic weights and timing that made the real fly behave.

The dataset enables the first synaptic-resolution comparison across fly sexes.

How each outlet framed it
404 Media
foregrounds viral novelty angle: digital fly brain trading bitcoin and playing Doom, alongside scientific achievement

Sources: 404 Media