i think everything i write about in this book is testament to the like, messy, caotic creativity of evolution. You can build an ear out of lots of other body parts. And they can show in lots of weird places. Animals can do amazing things, but they're limited in other ways. Ultimately, our one step forward is that we can only go forward with more accuracy than any time in history.
What do bees sense in flowers? What do songbirds hear in each others’ tunes? And what’s that smell sending your dog running up the street? These questions and many more are the basis of science communicator Ed Yong's book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic magazine and his coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He's also the recipient of the George Polk Award for Science Reporting and the author of I Contain Multitudes, his previous book, which became a bestseller. Speaking with Ed on the podcast is Chrissie Giles, Global Health Editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London.
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