The new year and start of a new decade began with unbridled optimism, great anticipation and resolve for everyone. It is, however, important to direct this energy toward being purposeful and ...

What lessons can businesses and startups learn from colonies of floating ants that are creating islands to survive flooding? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where ...

Human life is often guided by ambition, emotion, and complexity, yet some of the deepest wisdom comes from observing the simplest creatures. Ants, though small in size, operate with extraordinary ...

The Large Blue butterfly called Maulinea Arion, lives in parts of Europe and Asia and has a life cycle that might be instructive for modern day Americans. It begins its life when the mother lays the ...

When Eric Bonabeau ponders how to build adaptive systems, he thinks small. Bonabeau spent four years at the Santa Fe Institute studying insect behavior before founding a consulting business, Icosystem ...

The first proverb: "Go the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest" ...

It’s not like I was searching for a problem; it’s more like the problem found me. Outside of my house is a circular driveway that is dotted with many sand-colored anthills. I tried ignoring them, ...