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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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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One bacterial sensor switches the collective between swarming and zorbing
Bacterial “zorbing” is a newly discovered form of collective social movement where spherical, biofilm-like microcolonies of Flavobacterium johnsoniae “walk” and migrate together across surfaces. Flavobacterium johnsoniae can switch between two radically different forms of collective organisation through a single environmental sensing pathway.
19-Sep-2026
Read moreChimpanzees have dialects, too
Young chimpanzees develop increasingly distinctive population-specific vocal patterns as they mature.
19-Sep-2026
Read moreAnts keep a metabolic fallback when their bacterial partner disappears
Cardiocondyla ants can dynamically switch between nutrients supplied by an ancient bacterial symbiont and their own alternative metabolic pathway.
19-Sep-2026
Read moreAnimals can leave messages in water and air simply by moving
Collective animals can communicate indirectly through the fluid disturbances their own movements leave behind.
19-Sep-2026
Read moreA parasitic vine can become a communication bus between plants
Dodder vines may function as biological communication bridges linking otherwise separate plants through direct vascular connections.
19-Sep-2026
Read moreRemove the queen and a bee colony decentralises itself
Bumble bee colonies can reorganise from a queen-centred hierarchy into a more decentralised social network when the queen disappears.
10-Sep-2026
Read moreReptiles 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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