Chains hang from the ceiling and not a drop of sunlight can enter the bat lair hidden in the restricted-access basement of Hunter Laboratory where Assistant Research Professor of Neuroscience Seth Horowitz MSc ’93 PhD ’97 researches the interplay between sensory and vestibular systems in bats. He wants to determine how bats are able to “pull nine-G turns in total darkness while eating” and perform other feats of balance and speed far beyond the technological capabilities of man-made vehicles.
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