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David Green receives funding from the Australian Research Council and from Monash University. Ants are simple creatures. They live by simple rules: if you see a scrap of food, pick it up; if you see a ...

When we write things down, it's important to keep things nice and clear, so it's easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact, or express an emotion or idea. Words are ...

“The definition of genius,” said Albert Einstein, “is taking the complex and making it simple.” It’s excellent advice, though I’m not sure the master himself was always able to follow it. Anyone can ...

The orientation of a line at a given position in visual space is represented by a small volume of primary visual cortex, known as an orientation column. Although cells within such a column share some ...