How Fire Ants Avoid Traffic Jams

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  • Dan Goldman (R) with Ph.D. student Banhisikha Dutta Dan Goldman (R) with Ph.D. student Banhisikha Dutta
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Is there a good excuse for laziness? Maybe, if you're in a colony of ants. When they set out to dig a tunnel, only a few of them actually work. The majority just get out of the way. It turns out that their laziness is a key strategy to getting work done efficiently and avoiding traffic jams, found Daniel Goldman of the School of Physics. Find the original Georgia Tech story on his research here and more coverage at Quartz and Popular Mechanics

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College of Sciences, School of Physics

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Life Sciences and Biology, Physics and Physical Sciences
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Daniel Goldman, College of Sciences, School of Physics
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  • Created By: mrosten3
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 20, 2018 - 1:59pm
  • Last Updated: Aug 20, 2018 - 6:04pm