# Scientists invent "living crystals" to study collective behaviors (VIDEO)

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**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/scientists-invent-living-crystals-to-study-collective-behaviors-video/58170 "2013-02-14T16:54:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/scientists-invent-living-crystals-to-study-collective-behaviors-video/58170/1 "2013-02-14T16:54:27Z")

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> The scientists want to know what causes flocks of birds and swarms of humans to form and move the way they do.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/scientists-invent-living-crystals-study-collective-behavi](http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/scientists-invent-living-crystals-study-collective-behavi))