The idea of 'random walks' pops up in areas from biochemical reaction pathways to animals' foraging strategies. A central question — how likely is it that a walker is somewhere for the first time? — now has a simpler answer.
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Shlesinger, M. First encounters. Nature 450, 40–41 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450040a
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