What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet

Title:: What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet
Speaker:: Deborah Gordon
Description:: Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them -- in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this fascinating talk, she explains her obsession with insects most of us would happily swat away without a second thought. She argues that ant life provides a useful model for learning about many other topics, including disease, technology and the human brain.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 14:09

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