All road trips should take in scenes such as these roadways. Stunning.

Ants seem surprisingly adept at controlling traffic congestion, of the worker ant variety that is, within their colony. Collective intelligence expert Dirk Helbing from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany and his team investigated how ants move around their colony. They set up an ant highway with two routes of different widths from the nest to some sugar syrup. Unsurprisingly, the narrower route soon became congested. But when ... Read full entry

Study finds that red light cameras cause crashes Does this surprise anyone? Researchers at the University of South Florida found that cameras increased crashes and related injuries because drivers were slamming on their brakes to avoid fines, causing rear-end accidents. They also claim that some red light camera operators in the US have shortened the time that a light flashes orange in an attempt to increase revenue. I've witnessed a number potential ... Read full entry