《新科学家》 第3583期 · 2026年2月21日 · 中文解读
蚂蚁与人类:从类比到理解
This changes everything · Annalee Newitz
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本文探讨了人类如何将蚂蚁与人类和计算机进行类比,并呼吁停止这种拟人化,转而关注蚂蚁自身的独特性。
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A little antagonistic We have long drawn parallels between ants and humans. Now we are comparing ants to computers. It is time we stopped anthropomorphising them, says Annalee Newitz P OLLUTION is making many cities unlivable for their human inhabitants, but it is also tearing ant families and communities apart. Ants recognise each other by sniffing a thin layer of hydrocarbons on the outside of their exoskeletons; each colony has a specific “smell”. But a new study reveals that ozone emissions can change the structure of these hydrocarbons. After ants wander around in relatively typical urban air with 100 parts per billion of ozone, their nestmates no longer perceive them as allies. Some are attacked by their own families. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)第3583期 · 2026年2月21日,Annalee Newitz。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。

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