Toy bats of all sizes hang from the ceiling of Simmons’ office in the basement of Brown University’s Hunter Laboratory of Psychology. A comic book illustration of Batman is stuck to the wall. Bat puns, caped-crusader references — Simmons embraces all of the humor inherent in his work.

He also understands how freaked out some people are by his fanged Halloween icons. While they are legitimately feared as rabies carriers, bats play a vital role in nature by preying on mosquitoes and other insects. They also make fascinating research subjects.

Full Story: Professor’s work at Brown University ‘Batlab’ helps shed light on sonar Source: Providence Journal, July 28th, 2010 Author: Richard Salit Added on July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 am, by Muse en Lystrala