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Decades-old theory for how insect societies evolve challenged

For more than 60 years, evolutionary biologists have debated whether a unique genetic system found in ants, bees and wasps helps explain one of nature's most remarkable innovations: eusociality, a form of social organization in which colonies divide reproductive labor between queens and workers.

Tech

Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D)

Article URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795071/000179507126000002/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49174407 Points: 254 # Comments: 178

World

Lost US$1.15 million lottery ticket dug out of trash by Italian binmen

A €1 million (US$1.15 million) lottery ticket was recovered from the trash in Italy after the frantic winner called on binmen to help her retrieve it, the waste management company said. The instant win ticket was “miraculously still in one piece” after rubbish workers combed through mounds of trash on their truck, said Roberto Nicola…

Business

Cape Town housing crisis?

‘There are pockets of society who have deemed it a crisis, but I think it's an opportunity for honest conversations about where we are and what is possible’ – Lesego Majatladi, Gracht Asset…

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