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Act I Part 3: What is a Cellular Automaton - and How Many Worlds Are There?

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22-Oct-2026

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When Should a Drone Tell Its Neighbours What It Knows?

Researchers have developed a decentralised control framework in which autonomous drones communicate selectively rather than continuously.

12-Nov-2026

Research

Fish Have Evolved Collective Behaviour Again and Again. Why Do They Keep Abandoning It?

A large evolutionary study reveals that collective schooling is neither a rare innovation nor an irreversible evolutionary achievement.

12-Nov-2026

Research

A Robot Swarm That Decides Who Can Join

Researchers have demonstrated a decentralised approach to governing robot swarms whose membership can change during operation.

10-Nov-2026

Events

Entangled Intelligences: Exploring the Boundaries Between Biological and Artificial Minds

The Long Now Foundation is hosting a public event exploring intelligence across biological, synthetic and interspecies systems.

04-Nov-2026

Research

When Different Bird Species Combine Their Warnings, the Whole Community Benefits

Mixed-species bird communities can produce more useful predator warnings when different species contribute complementary information.

03-Nov-2026

Events

The Collective Mind: Iain Couzin Explores How Nature Makes Decisions Without a Leader

Collective-behaviour researcher Iain D. Couzin will deliver a public lecture in Geneva on 4 November 2026 examining how groups of animals coordinate and make decisions.

03-Nov-2026

Research

Why a Thousand Basking Sharks Might Gather in One Place

Basking sharks are usually solitary, yet sometimes gather in enormous groups, and a new model suggests that neither food nor social attraction alone adequately explains why.

02-Nov-2026

Research

The Hidden Intelligence of Vegetation Patterns in Drylands

The distinctive patches and bands of vegetation found in drylands may help ecosystems withstand drought, but their relationship with plant evolution is more complicated than expected.

02-Nov-2026

Explainers & Essays

Listening for Collective Decisions in Sperm Whale Conversations

Researchers studying sperm whales around Dominica are beginning to connect the animals’ acoustic conversations with their subsequent collective behaviour.

02-Nov-2026

Events

ISMSI 2027: Swarm Intelligence Research Heads to Ho Chi Minh City

The eleventh International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence is scheduled for 23–25 April 2027 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

01-Nov-2026