Quorum Sensing
Part 4: The dangling conversation In the previous article, we saw bacterial populations defend themselves collectively. Cyanobacteria formed protective flocs, while dying E.
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Part 1: From Little Things Big Things Grow
This is a part one of a four part series of emergent microbial communication.
19-Jul-2026
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(See the original demos announcement at the link). We have added more algorithms to the website to try out and tweak.
View seriesArtificial vs Natural Intelligence
Over this 7-part series, we’ve explored how natural systems — ants, bees, birds, and brains — solve problems through emergence, not instruction.
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Reptiles Have a Much Richer Communication Network Than Their Reputation Suggests
Reptiles use surprisingly adaptable acoustic signals to identify individuals, synchronize group behaviour and modify messages when environmental conditions change.
08-Sep-2026
Read moreA Flock Can Propagate a Turn as a Wave Without Reciprocal Interactions
A minimal flocking model shows that a directional change initiated by one agent can propagate across an entire group at approximately constant speed through asymmetric local interactions alone.
08-Sep-2026
Read moreHow Local Flight Decisions Become the Global Geometry of a Flock
Bird flocks achieve coordinated flight through local interactions among individuals rather than a leader directing the group’s movement.
07-Sep-2026
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Roots Detect an Injured Neighbour Within One Second
Plant roots can detect damage to a neighbouring plant almost immediately and redirect their own growth away from the disturbance.
03-Sep-2026
Read moreFish Change Their Collective Rules When Visibility Fails
Three-spined sticklebacks compensate for murky water by becoming more socially coordinated rather than continuing to use the same shoaling rules.
03-Sep-2026
Read moreA New Method Extracts the Hidden Interaction Geometry of Animal Swarms
Researchers have developed a way to infer which neighbours an animal is actually responding to directly from collective-movement data.
03-Sep-2026
Read moreScientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks
Researchers from the University of Michigan set out to discover whether scientists could get round that lack of data by piggy-backing on research carried out on humans.
01-Sep-2026
Read moreFish Schools Use a Fast Hydrodynamic Channel When the Group Suddenly Accelerates
Fish appear to switch communication channels according to how urgently their school is moving.
27-Aug-2026
Read moreFish Schools May Form by Copying One Neighbour at a Time
Glassfish appear to coordinate by copying one nearby neighbour at discrete moments rather than averaging the movements of the whole local group.
27-Aug-2026
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