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Smaller ants devote more of their resting energy budget to their brains
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 12:20 UTC. The headline in use is “Smaller ants devote more of their resting energy budget to their brains”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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The energy required for brains of different sizes to function could play a role in how different species evolved over time. While the energetic costs of brains have long been deemed important in evolution, direct measurements of the rate at which the brains of different species consume energy, also known…
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Smaller ants devote more of their resting energy budget to their brains
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