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How the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers – podcast

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73% Informative

Madeleine Finlay hears from Ted Schultz , curator of ants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History , about his recent study into the origins of fungi farming in ants. He tells Madeleine about the incredibly complex way that ants cultivate and protect their fungi gardens, and how the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago could have kickstarted it all The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. Support The Guardian .

VR Score

82

Informative language

89

Neutral language

15

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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no external sources

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