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1,668 results for: Ants
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- Life
Pulsing blob makes memories sans brain
Slime molds create a GPS navigation system based on their own gooey trails.
- Physics
Quantum teleportation leaps forward
Two teams report beaming information about particles over long distances, a step toward creating satellite quantum communication networks.
- Life
Skinny searchers keep fat ants full
By controlling movement out of an ant nest, researchers discover that ants weigh tubbiness in deciding who hunts for food.
- Animals
Fenced-off trees drop their friends
Protecting acacia trees from large, tree-munching animals sets off a chain of events that ends up ruining the trees' partnership with their bodyguard ants.
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Spice It Up: Naked mole-rats feel no pain from peppers, acid
The African naked mole-rat doesn't feel pain from acid or chilies, a possible adaptation to its cramped underground habitat.
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On Top of Words: Spatial language spurs kids’ reasoning skills
Recent studies of spatial reasoning in deaf children support the notion that language helps people encode certain concepts and suggest that using spatial language with children may boost overall reasoning skills.
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Pick a photo, any photo
An fMRI scan of the brain can tell what photograph a subject is looking at.
- Animals
Moths’ memories
Sphinx moths appear to remember experiences they had as caterpillars, suggesting some brain cells remain intact through metamorphosis.
- Animals
Farm girl has the chops
The first big family tree presenting the history of fungus-growing ants shows the leaf-cutters as the newest branch, and a very recent one at that.
