How Do Fireflies Flash in Sync? Studies Suggest a New Answer
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Field research suggests a new explanation for the synchronized flashing in fireflies and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally.
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Mathematicians explain how some fireflies flash in sync
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Synchronous Fireflies
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This 30-million-year-old cave in New Zealand has a beautiful
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A Cellular Potts Model of the interplay of synchronization and
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Biophysics Miscellany
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Synchronous fireflies have been discovered at Grandfather Mountain
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How Do Fireflies Flash in Sync? Studies Suggest a New Answer
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