How much would a DRUNK woodchuck chuck?
What if your phone could tell you when you’re drunk based on how well you do tongue twisters? We all know super-drunk people slur their speech, but what about the…
Sex without penetration: This bat’s penis is too big to fit in the female.
People often ask me, "Dan, why are you so obsessed with bats?" It's because they're full of surprises. A new paper in Current Biology reveals a bat with a penis…
Got a tattoo? Look out for the law.
Tattoos may seem like they’re everywhere, but they still stigmatize people in the legal system. Researchers in the US have been tracking a cohort of people who were in middle…
Fiona the Fruit Bat Spotted in the Wild!
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Science News Quiz #1
(Since this quiz was posted, I put out an unfair hint)
My Review of This Bat Book: Celebrating Unanswered Questions
My review (from Quarterly Review of Biology; https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/727931): If you ask a scientist what about their work excites them most, they are unlikely to recite a discovery they have already…
Some Thoughts on AI
I have a different way of thinking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) than the usual tech-focused perspective. Here's a little video I did for Speakers Spotlight, to help their clients see…