"Complex battlefields favour strong soldiers over large armies in social animal warfare"... is the title of a new paper in a respected journal. Its authors have used simulations in Age of Empires 2 to understand the dynamics of ant warfare, and why one species of ant is losing ground to an ostensibly weaker but more numerous invasive species.

New video from Spirit of the Law, summarised on ResetEra. If you don't already know Spirit of the Law, by the way, do check out his channel - best AoE YouTuber out there, IMO.