Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.
"Our data suggest the evolution of a finely-tuned signalling
system in which it is not the induction of an individual’s immune response, but
rather its failure to overcome the infection, that triggers pupal signalling for
sacrifice. "
And as for sciencealert, their goal is to make science accessible to anyone. I think there is nothing wrong with also engaging it in an entertaining way. They also link the sources, so they are much better than other clickbaiters and you can read through original article to verify their writings.
The article, as it is, is unscientific bullshit. Period.
The words of Dr. Watson, as reported in the article, are unscientific bullshit. Period.
You don’t have to “entertain” when talking about science, you have to inform, because when you make science accessible to everyone in this way, you are spreading ignorance and creating the substratum of pseudoscience, since common people won’t read the paper, or even click on the link. Maybe not even go past the title (which IS clickbait).
I mean I agree with the sentiment, but that’s just scientists vying for eyes on their project and hopefully in turn the money to continue research. That’s literally just the way things are done. Don’t hate the player dawg.
Did you read the source? I guess no.
"Our data suggest the evolution of a finely-tuned signalling system in which it is not the induction of an individual’s immune response, but rather its failure to overcome the infection, that triggers pupal signalling for sacrifice. "
And as for sciencealert, their goal is to make science accessible to anyone. I think there is nothing wrong with also engaging it in an entertaining way. They also link the sources, so they are much better than other clickbaiters and you can read through original article to verify their writings.
The article, as it is, is unscientific bullshit. Period.
The words of Dr. Watson, as reported in the article, are unscientific bullshit. Period.
You don’t have to “entertain” when talking about science, you have to inform, because when you make science accessible to everyone in this way, you are spreading ignorance and creating the substratum of pseudoscience, since common people won’t read the paper, or even click on the link. Maybe not even go past the title (which IS clickbait).
I mean I agree with the sentiment, but that’s just scientists vying for eyes on their project and hopefully in turn the money to continue research. That’s literally just the way things are done. Don’t hate the player dawg.