Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Ants have been talking for a long time
Although the study of ants can be interpreted to suit any political or philosophical argument it can fuel organisational imagination, write Rox Middleton, Liam Shaw and Miriam Gauntlett
ANCIENT KNOW-HOW, PLANNING AND TEAM EFFORT: (L to R) Bridge building; Fossil ant in Baltic amber, age about 50 million years, Eocene; Myrmecocystus ants storing nectar to prevent colony famine
[(L to R) Igor Chuxlancev-Anders L Damgaard-Greg Hume all CC]
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
COMPLEX multicomponent societies rely principally on communication. Researchers suggest that evidence of 100 million years of communication gives us a deeper insight into the evolution of ant sociality.
Emergent properties of groups occur when many things interact to produce effects that are not seen in the case of the isolated individual element.
From simple things like waves and crystals, to complex ones like swarms and consciousness, these effects are ubiquitous.
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