Bird flocks flying in a line behave like soft crystals held together by airflow, according to a new mathematical model. Watch a flock of starlings and it is easy to believe each bird simply copies the one beside it, matching turns until the crowd moves as one. That neighbor-to-neighbor picture has guided how scientists explain flocks of birds and schools of fish for y... [4958 chars]
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