French researchers trained silky ants to "sniff out" cancerous cells in humans( Credit: Mathias Krumbholz/- Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0/ Commons.wikimedia.org)

Ants are truly fascinating creatures. The industrious insects can lift up to 50 times their own body weight, morph into rafts to protect themselves from floods, predict earthquakes, and even repair their damaged homes. Now, researchers have found that the amazing insects may even be able to help detect cancer in humans.