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How thousands of fireflies flash in time with no leader: pulse-coupled oscillators
On riverbank trees in Southeast Asia, thousands of male fireflies flash together, with no leader and no shared clock. Each insect is just a small timer that…
Ten thousand fireflies, no conductor
Once a year in the Great Smoky Mountains, thousands of fireflies flash on and off together, down to a fraction of a second, for hours. No leader calls the…