From the NOVA episode "Lord of the Ants"
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I've just received the following notice about an upcoming NOVA show on the life of biologist/myrmecologist E. O. Wilson:
NOVA is excited to partner with organizations that share our passion for scientific discovery as we spread the word about upcoming shows. On Tuesday, May 20, we invite you to…
tags: The Ant Whisperer, ants, hymenoptera, pheromones, EO Wilson, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, evolution, streaming video
If I owned a television, you can bet I'd be watching this Nova program on PBS tonight: The Lord of the Ants. This program describes some of EO Wilson's amazing discoveries…
tags: The Ant Whisperer, ants, hymenoptera, pheromones, EO Wilson, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, evolution, streaming video
Because I do not own a television, I was thrilled to find that Lord of the Ants, the Nova program that aired on PBS tonight, is freely available as a streaming video. This…
NOVA is showing a new episode tonight, The Bible's Buried Secrets. It doesn't sound like the usual laudatory tripe we get on the cable documentary shows — in fact, it sounds downright skeptical:
A visually stunning two-hour special edition of "Nova" examines decades of archaeological studies that…
Of course, this was filmed before we understood that the death signal was not a presence of oleic acid alone but an absence of other "life" chemicals as well.
Whoever demonstrated the death signal experiment there clearly has a sense of humor. Making Formica slaves drag one of their Polyergus parasites out to the dump was hilarious.