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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 44 The Intriguing World of Ants
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When it comes to Red Harvester ants, Dr. Gordon is the world’s foremost expert on these little guys. Unlike me, she never had an ant farm as a kid, nor did she really have an interest in their superhuman strength. Her interest came almost as a side project, as she used the ant’s interaction algorithms to explain how Stem cells know what cells to become. Today, she has a 30 year research legacy studying colony growth and societal interaction. Listen as we discuss how to count ten-thousand of these little guys in one sitting, when harv...