Chaotic worms

Jane Loveless; Barbara Webb

doi:10.1038/s41567-020-01058-2

Chaotic worms

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Animals seem capable of an infinite variety of movement, yet also exhibit substantial stereotypy in repeated actions. A beautiful view of worm behaviour now shows that the worm’s state evolves deterministically but is bounced chaotically between unstable periodic orbits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-2
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Physics
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01058-2
Publication status	Published - 5 Oct 2020

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