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Published online 6 July 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000706-11
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Swarm secrets
Engineers and computer scientists may find complex problems easier to solve by thinking like ants.
In a world of Darwinian selfishness, it is comforting to find that there is still a place for teamwork. Ants, bees and even bacteria are amongst the many organisms that display sophisticated kinds of cooperative behaviour as a survival strategy.
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