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Our science in the news New York Times - Scientist at work: Anna Dornhaus, Published: April 27, 2009 "To Fathom a Colony’s Talk and Toil, Studying Insects One by One" PBS - TV segment on Arizona Illustrated, Aired September 10, 2009 "Unlocking mysteries of ants and bees" New Scientist - Published November 18th, 2008 "Division of labour may not be the key to ant success" ABC (Australia) Radio show: The Science Show by Robyn Williams - Aired on August 22, 2009 "Bumble bees"

Public lecture - College of Science: Edges of Life, February 13th, 2008 Life's Cognitive Edge: The Role of the Mind and What it Means to be Human (Arizona Star article about series) Public lecture - College of Science: Mind and Brain, March 9th, 2010 Evolution of Mind and Brain (Arizona Star article about series) CBC Radio show: Quirks and Quarks - Aired November 22nd, 2008 "Inefficient ants" (mp3 audio file) Science Daily - Online November 25th, 2008 "Can an ant be employee-of-the-month?" ABC (Australia) Radio show: The Science Show by Robyn Williams - Aired on November 28, 2009 "Recalcitrant ants forced back to work" PBS - TV segment on Arizona Illustrated, with graduate student Tuan Cao K-12 Outreach program "BioME - Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems" Harper's Magazine - Published December 2, 2008 Weekly Review Arizona Daily Star - Published December 1st, 2008 "Ants don’t have to be specialists to benefit colony, UA study finds" PBS/Arizona Public Media - Aired April 25th, 2010 "Wavelengths: Portraits of a Scientist" e! Science News - Online November 18th, 2008 "Are ants that specialize better at their job?" The Guardian - Published March 9th, 2009 "Six legs good" Channel 4 - Published February 25th, 2009 "Human brain 'like colony of ants'" insciences.org - Online February 25th, 2009 "Ants on the brain" On Dornhaus & Chittka 'Evolutionary origins of bee dances' article: Science News Online - Online April 3rd, 1999 "Look who's dancing" On Franks et al. 'Not everything that counts can be counted: Ants use multiple metrics for a single nest trait' article: New York Times - Published November 22nd, 2005 "Of Evolution, Physics and Butterflies" Arizona Daily Star - Published December 27th, 2006 "Someone has to feed ants their cockroach hash"