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SCOUT· 34%45m·2022-06-08·Science
SCOUT· 34%45m·2022-06-08·ScienceThe brilliant swarm
Many Minds
Right now, as I'm recording this, there's an astonishing spectacle unfolding in the forests of Tennessee. Every June, vast swarms of Photinus carolinus fireflies light up the night there. The members of this particular species don't just blink erratically and independently. They sync up; they flash in a dazzling…
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