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The crop circle evolves

A growing underground art movement combines mathematics, technology, stalks and whimsy. Richard Taylor looks forward to a bumper batch of intricate crop patterns this summer.

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Taylor, R. The crop circle evolves. Nature 465, 693 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465693a

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  1. Whirlwinds? Magnetrons (from the 1600's!)? Two blokes with planks of wood and their crude imitations? I'm sorry, but at this point Occam's Razor has UFO's as the leading theory.

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