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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Author: Benjamin Blanchard
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. This week’s poem was sent to us by philosopher Larisa Svirsky. Enjoy! The Carpenter Ant (2013) By Terrance Hayes It was when or because she became two kinds…
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After an unjustifiably long hiatus (5 weeks!), The Daily Ant is back. And time is on our mind. Ant wrinkles in time. As consumers of mammalian media surely know already, Ant Wrinkle in Time hit theaters yesterday. Based on the Madeleine L’Engle novel of the same name, Ant Wrinkle in Time tells the story of an ant that…
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-ninth contribution in the series, submitted by Jack Samuel. Unity and Antnihilation Ants do things together. So do humans, though not quite in the same way. Ants do nearly everything together, but then, come to…
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There once was a T.V. show called Friends. On this show, as documented by Tube Correspondant Katerina Theodossiou, there once was coverage of ants. Enjoy!
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! The Ants (1793-1864) By John Clare What wonder strikes the curious, while he views The black ant’s city, by a rotten tree, Or woodland bank! In ignorance…
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Like the rest of the myrmeconet, we were thrilled to hear some great news earlier this week: Apply Now: #AntCourse 2018 in French Guiana: no tuition!. Apply by April 1 https://t.co/eMnsXZAYcb pic.twitter.com/ICf2Ekcva9 — Brian Fisher (@ant_explorer) January 24, 2018
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-eighth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Jay Odenbaugh. The Sociobiological Misadventures of Ants In the 1960s, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Robert MacArthur, E. O.Wilson, and Leigh Van Valen occasionally met in Marlboro, Vermont…
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-seventh contribution in the series, submitted by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Antílcar Cabral: National Liberation and Soil Culture A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world. Linepithema humile (LH) started on a single continent,…
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Dedicated readers of our myrmeco-media outlet will remember our first editorial (that went mildly viral) on efforts by the vertebrate media to bury the lede (ants) with a dinosaur tail. We’re happy to report, via Fossil Correspondant Dr. Regan Dunn, that ants are actively asserting their dominance over the paleo realm.
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Carolina Flores. Propositional Anttitudes and Social Coordination We are inveterate mentalizers: we primarily think of one another, and often of other animals, as minded. More specifically, we ascribe…
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the forty-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Kelle Dhein. How Ants Can Help Solve the Mystery of Intentionality Biologists ascribe meaning to living systems all the time. Geneticists are happy to say that DNA carries…
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All of the dedicated staff at The Daily Ant wish our devoted readers the most merry Christmas! May this season bring each and every one of you good tidings of ants.
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