Luke Leckie
@lukeleckie.bsky.social
Postdoc in cognitive science @ IU | PhD in ants, epidemiology, and collective behaviour @UoB | studying how humans move through semantic space | spatial and movement ecology
New in @science.org, a paper from my PhD showing that ant groups fight epidemics by modifying the structure of their nests, giving them “architectural immunity”!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Architectural immunity: Ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics
In animal groups, spatial structure shapes social interaction patterns, thereby influencing the transmission of infectious diseases. Active modifications to the spatial environment could therefore be ...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New in @science.org, a paper from my PhD showing that ant groups fight epidemics by modifying the structure of their nests, giving them “architectural immunity”!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...