How Ants Go Marching And Never Cause Traffic Jams

Traffic scientists study ants because they manage traffic better than humans. Originally published: May 11 2015 - 12:45pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Joel N. Shurkin, Contributor(Inside Science) -- The old children's song about marching ants is a good explanation for why traffic engineers love them.Ants -- most are teeny creatures with brains smaller than pinheads -- engineer traffic better than humans. Ants never run into stop-and-go-traffic or gridlock on the trail. In fact, the more ants ...