What Ants Can Teach Us About Mass Transportation

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

A UCLA study finds that humans might be able to find some transportation inspiration from another creature that moves around in large numbers: the ant. Plus: a dude in Germany has built a remote control "trash train" that moves his waste bins to the curb on garbage day and brings them back to the house after they've been emptied. Could insights from ants help people build better transportation networks? (University of California) Middle-Aged Men Only Want One Thing, And It's Disgusting (Jalopnik) Hail ants? Nah, but definitely hail our Patreon backers for supporting the show

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