From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm
Carl Zimmer:
If you have ever observed ants marching in and out of a nest, you might have been reminded of a highway buzzing with traffic. To Iain D. Couzin, such a comparison is a cruel insult — to the ants.
Americans spend a 3.7 billion hours a year in congested traffic. But you will never see ants stuck in gridlock.
Fascinating. Too bad the other drivers on my daily commute don’t share the ants’ instincts.
