How a meal affects minnows' positions in their schools
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Hungry minnows tend to swim at the front of the school and eat until they are full (top). Once the front swimmers have had their fill, they shift to the back of the school where they can expend less energy swimming and more energy digesting their food (bottom).
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Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked as a freelance editor and writer, a writer at the Simons Foundation, and a web producer at Science News, among other positions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a master’s degree in science writing from MIT. Ashley edits the Scientist to Watch and Profile sections of the magazine and writes news, features, and other stories for both online and print.
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