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Fab sunset this evening #Cambridge
Fab sunset this evening #Cambridge
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🐜🌍 Researchers in #Cambridge and #Maryland found that #ants conquered #Earth through an evolutionary trade-off: thinner protective cuticles allowed colonies to support more workers despite individual vulnerability.
Their "quantity over quality" strategy enabled 20 quadrillion ants to colonize nearly every habitat by requiring fewer nutrients per individual.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/how-ants-conquer-earth/
🐜🌍 Researchers in #Cambridge and #Maryland found that #ants conquered #Earth through an evolutionary trade-off: thinner protective cuticles allowed colonies to support more workers despite individual vulnerability.
Their "quantity over quality" strategy enabled 20 quadrillion ants to colonize nearly every habitat by requiring fewer nutrients per individual.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/how-ants-conquer-earth/