This episode of Radiolab explores how a natural phenomenon — the foraging behavior of honeybees — inspired a revolutionary algorithm that helps prevent the internet from crashing during moments of high traffic. The story centers on Sunil Nakrani, a PhD student at Oxford, who, after wit
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