Nature's superorganisms
The wisdom of human crowds
Swarm technology and algorithms
When crowds go wild
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Master of How crowds and swarms outsmart geniuses
007skaty The Honeybee Superorganism
We dance to decide, we dance to decide, Finding our home when our steps align.
007skaty Leafcutter ants divide harvesting, cleaning, and tending tasks, using chemical trails to cultivate a specific fungus for food.
007skaty A sleek, modernist graphic illustrates honeybees voting on their next nesting site
007skaty Direct tiny ants to food to learn how working together solves big challenges.
Slime mold maps: In 2010, a brainless slime mold mapped Tokyo's transit system in just 26 hours, matching the efficiency of human engineers.
An organized society of individual organisms, such as social insects, that functions as a single organic whole. In 1910, entomologist William Morton Wheeler popularized this concept to describe the complex structure of ant colonies.
How fast can a synchronized flock of starlings fly during their aerial murmurations?
How many neighboring birds does a single starling track to maintain its position in a flying murmuration?
Which brainless organism successfully mapped out the Tokyo subway system in a 2010 experiment?
How many scout bees must gather at a potential nesting site to trigger a honeybee swarm to move?