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(11,665 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2015, 01:03 PM Apr 2015

Invasion of the ISS...

Ants carried to the International Space Station were still able to use teamwork to search new areas, despite falling off the walls of their containers for up to eight seconds at a time.

Their “collective search” was hampered but still took place, biologists said.

The insects also showed an impressive knack for regaining their footing after taking a zero-g tumble.

Researchers want to learn from the ants’ cooperative methods and develop search algorithms for groups of robots.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32115413

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/31/chat-on-92/

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