Fireflies

Nicky Case
Fireflies

A fascinating interactive explainer on how fireflies synchonise their flashing to create one big lightshow. (Once you know it, it seems fairly obvious, but it had remained a mystery for nearly a century).


From Weekly Filet #234, in June 2017. More on: #, #

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