Fireflies’ blinking lights embody in nature what mathematics predicted
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Synchrony is ubiquitous throughout the universe. But physicists’ equations predicted there could also be erratic exceptions marching to their own beat—now they’ve been spotted in firefly swarms. CU expert Raphael Sarfati, BioFrontiers Institute, shares on The Conversation.