How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers - WIRED

Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit.

Ants, as a group, are creatures of habit. While an individuals path isnt certain, biologists who have spent a lot of time watching the behavior of entire colonies can predict the average time any one… [+2905 chars]

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