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Culture
How did we humans make it this far? Would we do it differently if we could start over afresh? Would family, society, government, law and other institutions become necessitated?
Nature
How is it that every year on the same day, ant colonies send out virgin queens and males to a common place for mating? What explains how haphazard interactions, despite the inherent apparent inefficiencies and lack of centralized authority, lead to successful emergent behaviors? How does colony behavior adapt with changing colony size?
Culture
Perhaps the age of reason will find its time again just as it did during the reign of 16th century Mughal emperor Akbar, the great.
Mortal
"Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture." - A PBS documentary on Edward O Wilson, who is regarded as the father of sociobiology.
Nature
What makes the ant a world super power? Is it the ability of an ant to lift 100 times its own weight, domesticate other creatures or build symbiotic relationship with plants? Or does the secret lie in the society's mechanisms for effective communication and efficient division of labor?