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Category: News
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There has been much discussion about the throngs of people that will march in D.C. tomorrow and over the weekend in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America. Many will be marching in protest of Donald Trump and his policies, including the Women’s March on Washington among others.…
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At 2:00pm Eastern Time today, The Ant Network won the Audience Awards video contest by a mere 34 votes. With an endorsement from The Daily Ant, this stunning victory exemplifies the power of collective action. The Ant Network, led by Miles Maxcer, will be promoting conservation and science outreach through ants, and will receive $1,000 of start-up funds for their contest victory.
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The Daily Ant has received an exciting photo from an anonymous source: This picture was taken in San Jose, California. Furthermore, investigative journalism by The Daily Ant has confirmed that there is, in fact, an AnT Swim School in San Jose. We are happy to have discovered this ant hideout in a major American city!
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I just completed a 4-minute lightning talk on my recent work with Dr. Corrie Moreau on defensive trait evolution in ants, in the final session of talks at the SSB 2017 Standalone Meeting in Baton Rouge! For more information, see the published paper in Evolution and/or the brief blurb I wrote about it on U. Chicago’s ScienceLife blog. — The…
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A video message from Baton Rouge!
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With our editor-in-chief in Louisiana, our thoughts have naturally turned to Louisiana and ants. We therefore stumbled upon this article reviewing several Louisianan politicians. This passage stood out: Best in Show: Senate President John Alario. He’s the most gifted person in Louisiana politics. I quote here the anonymous individual who nominated the unsinkable Republican leader of the state…
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The Daily Ant would like to report that our Editor-in-Chief is in transit to attend the SSB 2017 Standalone Meeting in Baton Rouge. He will be giving a lightning talk on defensive trait trade-offs and diversification in ants. Also in attendance will be Dr. April Wright, who will be giving a talk on using the fossilized birth-death…
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At 2:15pm Eastern Time today, Jezebel posted its annual list of favorite posts of the year. To our surprise, a question asked by our very own editor-in-chief was chosen as one of the few items on the list!
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During the summer of 2013, leaks by Edward Snowden revealed to the world the extent of domestic and foreign surveillance by the United States National Security Agency (NSA). These revelations included the PRISM program, XKeyscore, and collaborations with phone companies to sweep up phone records. But one document, at the time, received comparably less press: the NSA product catalog…
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