TED Talks

Deborah Gordon: What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet (2014x95)

: 13, 2014

Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them — in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this fascinating talk, she explains her obsession with insects most of us would happily swat away without a second thought. She argues that ant life provides a useful model for learning about many other topics, including disease, technology and the human brain.