/oss/taxonomy/term/960/all en /oss/article/health-nutrition-quackery/sun-potions-or-privilege-paying-75-get-ants-your-smoothie <hr /> <p class="note"><strong>Take-home message:</strong><br /> -Sun Potion is a brand of plants and mushrooms (and sometimes ants) in powder form that you can add to your food.<br /> -The health claims the company makes are not based on rigorous science</p> <p>There are days when the turbid waters of pseudoscience rise up, seemingly sentient, into a tsunami. You think you’ve seen the tallest wave there could be, but you catch yourself staring at a massive swell of unpalatable water of simply astonishing height.</p> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:23:55 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 7346 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/queen-ants-dont-have-divine-right-their-thrones-just-right-genetics <p><span>Humans have classified more than 12,500 species of ants, and there are an estimated 10,000 more waiting to be discovered. Besides their incredible strength, almost all of these species have something in common: queens. </span></p> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:39:57 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7200 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/farmer-ants-and-their-aphid-herds <p>Several species of ants have a special symbiotic relationship with aphids- <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.htm">they farm them</a>! Aphids feed primarily on the sap from plants and secrete a liquid called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeydew_(secretion)">honeydew</a>. This secretion is very sugar-rich, and quite favoured by ants as a food source.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:35:57 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 2600 at /oss