It may sound like a scene from Nosferatu, but research from the University of East Anglia shows that humans can use bat-like echolocation skills to judge the distance of objects. A study reveals that, ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Echolocation is not just a skill that dolphins or bats possess. Believe it or not, humans can also 'see with sound', and it's surprisingly easy for people to learn. Becoming an expert is another ...

Echolocation is a form of perception that bats, dolphins and some species of whales are known to use. It consists of emitting sounds and given the different rates in which the thus emitted sound waves ...

New low-power robot works using echolocation and could find applications in search and rescue missions in difficult-to-access ...

According to a new study, we may have been thinking about dolphins’ echolocation all wrong. Rather than using it to “see” the world around them, as in constructing a picture of their environment from ...