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A Dirty Snowball, Cancer-Sniffing Ants And A Stressed Out Moon

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Ants as Cancer Detectives

This chapter explores a groundbreaking study where scientists train ants to identify cancer through their keen sense of smell. It highlights the ants' remarkable ability to distinguish between tumor-related and healthy samples, and humorously ponders the implications if humans had similar olfactory skills.

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