How a particle accelerator, a robot, high-speed cameras, and 2,000 ants came together to paint a picture of biological ...

Beneath the soil, an empire thrives in total darkness. Millions of ants move through complex underground tunnel systems, communicating through invisible chemical signals. They farm fungus, wage wars, ...

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