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Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could inspire solutions for some human problems

  • Written by Scott Solomon, Associate Teaching Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
imageLeafcutter ants cultivate fungus gardens that feed sprawling colonies.Tim Flach/Stone via Getty Images

King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source – ants.

According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an impression on the Israelite king. In the...

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