For Simon Garnier of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike has become an opportunity to ponder human inefficiency. Garnier is studying ants and slime mold in order to better understand collective human behavior.

Episode thirty-three of SciTech Now brings you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and innovation. Heather Savage discusses fracking and its relation to earthquakes in the United States; researchers are exploring ways to use drones in emergency response situations, and more.

Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology are exploring ways to use drones in emergency response situations.