http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/bacteria-use-chemical-twitter-and-prisoner-s-dilemma-to-make-decisions-211625.html/bacteria-use-chemical-twitter-and-prisoners-dilemma-to-make-decisions-beyond-science-science-epoch-times http://t.co/fcnjW9hb Bacteria Use ‘Chemical Twitter’ and 'Prisoner's Dilemma' to Make Decisions @RiceUniversity @AmerChemSociety ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:06:01 -0700 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/bacteria-use-chemical-twitter-and-prisoner-s-dilemma-to-make-decisions-211625.html/bacteria-use-chemical-twitter-and-prisoners-dilemma-to-make-decisions-beyond-science-science-epoch-times http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another. The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination. What's more, people are unwittingly helping the mega-colony stick together. Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) were once native to South America. But people have unintentionally introduced the ants to all continents except Antarctica. These introduced Argentine… ]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:00 -0700 http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm