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Science fair ideas?

Started By Virginian_ants , Nov 1 2023 11:22 AM

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#21 Offline 100lols - Posted November 22 2023 - 11:27 AM

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I agree it would be difficult if not impossible.

But, you could contact a laboratory like the Brackenridge Field Laboratory at the University of Texas for biological control research or the USDA-ARS for their work on venom as a natural fungicide.

Otherwise you would likely want to pick a different topic.

#22 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted November 22 2023 - 9:08 PM

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I may do that.

#23 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted December 4 2023 - 1:34 PM

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I am still in awe of the video of Gigantiops destructor reading "road signs" and running down a maze. I don't have concrete ideas, but it would be kinda fun (I think) to use olfactory cues and see if ants can learn to use those as navigation guides ... perhaps some experiment with colored light and navigation ... or something of that sort. Something to do with maze running.

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