A crowd does not need a leader to fall into step. In public spaces, people sort themselves into lanes, avoid collisions, and ...

Crowds work in mysterious ways, sometimes behaving more like a hive-minded superorganism than a collection of individuals.

Researchers in Spain and Japan tested a broad range of pedestrians in varying group sizes to see whether there were any ...

Researchers in Spain and Japan tested a broad range of pedestrians in varying group sizes to see whether there were any patterns to their turning behaviors, and what factors influence them if there ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...