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Termite Mounds
markwarner » 9am - May 27, 2011
Dr Rupert Soar and his team have discovered that termites build...
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Category: Animals (Insects)
Dr Rupert Soar and his team have discovered that termites build self-cooling mounds, harnessing the wind to keep the air circulating.
Engineers hope that by studying their mounds, which are known to be complex lung-like structures, they can create new buildings which self-cool just like the termite mounds dotted across the landscape in Namibia.
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