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  "id": 16103484,
  "title": "Ants break a basic rule of biology to help them adapt to new environments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ants-break-a-basic-rule-of-biology-to-help-them-adapt-to-new",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ants-basic-biology-environments.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study led by researchers in the Eco-Evo-Devo lab at the University of Ottawa finds that ants can decouple antenna size from both head and body size as they develop into different social castes, revealing how social signals and hormones help shape traits for specialized colony roles.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}