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Why birds don't crash (and what humans can learn from them)

Hannah Fry May 14, 2026 16:54
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Play around with the flocking algorithm at boids.dan.onl Or read the original paper here: Flocks, Herds, and Schools: a Distributed Behavioural Model by Craig W. Reynolds (1987)
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