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