Birds’ turns match math of quantum matter
Equations of superfluidity may explain spread of information in a starling flock
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CHANGING DIRECTION Flocks of starlings turn in less than a second. The math that explains those turns may be similar to the equations used to describe superfluid helium’s quantum behavior.
COBBS Lab/ ISC-CNR Rome