Can ants do math?

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A hat-tip to my former student Matt Wolodko, who directed me to this interesting article about whether ants are able to count.

Reactions and commentary can be found in the links below.

http://inspiringscience.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/do-ants-really-count-their-steps/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/06/01/120587095/ants-that-count

http://www.livescience.com/871-ants-marching-count-steps.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9436-ants-use-pedometers-to-find-home.html#.UfAfsdhk31E

http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/dn9436.mpg

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Published by John Quintanilla

I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.

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