Researchers track a fish in a virtual-reality system as it responds to projections of other fish of the same species.
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On the left, a real fish swims in a swarm of video-game space invaders, representing fish of the same species. The invaders disappear when the fish enters the pink portal. On the right, the fish is represented as a red dot. Invaders are shown in gray. The set-up produces artificial visual scenery within an environment where the fish can still freely move.
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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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A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.
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