ANDREW ROBERTSON
Episode 51
January 28, 2026
Ants may not be very big, but we have a lot to learn from these tiny creatures! Andrew Robertson, a PhD candidate at Georgia Tech and winner of Galactic Polymath Education Studio's 2025 #MySciJourney competition talks about his work on ants and other social insects.
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