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Armed only with a few students, a dusty backhoe, and a handful of Japanese paint markers, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to understanding complex systems. How do these chitonous creatures pass crucial survival
About Deborah Gordon
Over the course of years spent sucking insects from their nests, color-coding their abdomens with paint pens, and monitoring the movements of individual ants within colonies, Deborah Gordon has... Read full bio »
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