“In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught. ”
We are passionate about science communication! Here are some articles, radio segments and podcasts about our research from around the web.
Tanya does freelance science writing, consulting for television/documentaries, and is available for radio, TV and podcasts.
Recent (ish)
I am super excited to have participated in Australia’s Wild ODysset Episode 2. Check it out! I show up at the ~20 minute mark:)
Tanya talks about science of eating insects!
PhD student Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno has made it to the international Visualise your Thesis contest. Check out his fantastic video here
Trailer for the new NOVA documentary on slime moulds , featuring Tanya (full video available in US only)
Watch Tanya in the award winning Catalyst documentary : The Great Australian Bee Challenge (available to Australian viewers HERE from min 23:00)
Print articles (click on thumbnail)
Radio/podcasts
Tanya Talks about insect declines with Anwar Knight from Big Blue Marble
Tanya speaking about how awesome cockroaches are on the ABC morning show (go to 1 hour, 10 seconds):
Scientist Taps into Collective Intelligence (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sick of Being stuck in traffic? The solution may lie with ants (ABC News)
Older
Ants Improve Network Design via I F**king Love Science (October 2015)
How ants could influence urban planning via The Fifth Estate (October 2015)
Ants are incredibly cost-efficient urban planners via CityLab (October 2015)
General
Bugs are important and deserve our respect, says analyst via news.com.au (August 2014)
How busy bees and ants could help save our cities via Sydney Morning Herald (March 2016)
Externalised spatial memory in slime moulds
The slimy road not taken via Quirks and Quarks (October 2012)
Brainless slime mould has an external memory via BBC Nature (October 2012)
Gooey trails help slime moulds to navigate via the ABC Science (October 2012)
Brainless slime mould navigates using ‘memory’ via Cosmos (October 2012)
Puddles of goo? Brainless slime moulds have memories via Science on NBCNews.com (October 2012)
Brainless creature solves problems with memories of slime via Discover Magazine (October 2012)
Organism without a brain creates external memories for navigation via ARS Technica (October 2012)
First demonstration of spatial memory in brainless slime molds via examiner.com (October 2012)
Slime has memory but no brain via National Geographic News (October 2012)
Slime mold’s powers of recall hint at origin of memory via Wired Magazine (October 2012)
Brainless Slime Mold May Point Toward Origin of Memory via Bloomberg Business (October 2012)
Slime can navigate using external memory, despite having no brain – a precursor to the nervous system? via ZME Science (October 2012)
Argentine Ant Networks
Ants, swarms and navigation: biomimicry via ABC's Future Tense, Radio Interview (June 2011)
No leader, no plans, no problem via sciencealert.com (Feb 2011)
Ants build cheapest networks via itnews.com.au (Feb 2011)
A colony of solutions via Cosmos Magazine (Feb 2011)
Leader-less ants make super efficient networks via PhysOrg.com (Feb 2011)
Slime moulds explain irrational humans via ABC Science News (August 2011)
What brainless moulds may teach us via Sydney Morning Herald (September 2010)
Let slime moulds do the thinking! via The Guardian (September 2010)
Even Slime Molds Make Mistakes via Science ScienceShot (September 2010)
Brainless slime mould makes decisions like humans via Discover Blogs (August 2010)
Humans and the slime mould via Dan Ariely (September 2010)