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Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and ...

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Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

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Army ants use their bodies to build bridges. Robots could soon take a cue from the tiny insect’s ability to collaborate. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 22, 2023 1:00 PM EST Add Popular Science (opens in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 113 million-year-old fossil of a hell ant preserves tiny details of the insect's wings. - Anderson Lepeco An almost overlooked ...