For the Love of Bugs

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Imagine a huge corporation running like a well-oiled machine – with no one in charge.  That’s how ant colonies work, with not a single leader among 10,000 members.  How does anything get done?  In this hour of to the Best of Our Knowledge, a look inside a colony of stinging Harvester ants.  Also, the praying mantis and its prey, building robot flies, and Vladimir Nabokov on the trail of butterflies.

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September 11, 2023