David Nield via ScienceAlert:

‘Echolocation is a fascinating way that animals like bats and whales find their way around the world. By emitting sounds and decoding the echoes that come back, these species are able to detect what’s around them in their local environment.

It’s something we know that humans can do too – and it takes less training than you might think. A study published in PLOS One in 2021 by researchers from Durham University in the UK showed that with 10 weeks of training, both blind and sighted people could learn to echolocate using verbal clicks.…’