The Pattern in Nature's Networks
Science shows it's a small world after all—and nature's networks follow a similar pattern.
By Mark Zastrow
From food webs to Facebook—even inside our own brains—the networks that bind us exhibit an all too familiar hub-and-spoke pattern. It appears over and over again. Connected clusters link people or species, cities, or neurons. This pattern is nature's way of allowing resources and activity to course through the network, maximizing efficiency.