Entomologists use a particle accelerator to image ants at scale

gmays 116 points 22 comments March 06, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (8 comments)

xipho

When AI is done consuming (and it basically has, except for redundant human-human social network interactions), then will there be a renaissance of re-exploring the natural world? Without understanding its complexities I would posit we're doomed to short and ugly end. Perhaps AI is just what we need to start to re-appreciate it "at scale".

khalic

They’re all muscle inside, fascinating

FarmerPotato

E.O. Wilson would be thrilled.

socalgal2

Looking forward to a three.js visualization

davidw

"Ok, but what if we could get the biggest possible magnifying glass to use on the ants?"

theskullfaceace

Next-level futuristic-sounding title

smeej

I can't be the only one who imagined ants whizzing around the Large Hadron Collider wondering what the heck was happening to them.

chrismcb

Them? I think we've seen this movie

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