![]() ![]() ![]() So what does that actually look like? Are we trying to make animals talk like humans using translation collars like in the movie Up?ĭoug the Dog: My name is Doug. Her book explores how researchers are leveraging new tech to understand animal communication even in the burgeoning field of digital bioacoustics. Harper: So you recently chatted with the author of a new book called, " The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology is Bringing us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants."īushwick: Yeah, I had a great conversation with Karen Bakker, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harper: You're listening to Science, Quickly. I'm Kelso Harper, multimedia editor at Scientific American.īushwick: And I'm Sophie Bushwick, tech editor. Harper: Today, we're talking about how scientists are starting to communicate with creatures like bats and honeybees and how these conversations are forcing us to rethink our relationship with other species. And even begin to talk back to nonhumans.īushwick: Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence might have us at the brink of interspecies communication. Harper: Well, powerful new technologies are helping researchers decode animal communication. Sophie Bushwick: Or what your cat could possibly be yowling about so early in the morning? Kelso Harper: Have you ever wondered what songbirds are actually saying to each other with all of their chirping? ![]()
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