The curiosity of Ed Yong’s mind has made him write about a huge variety of subjects. He has covered everything From hagfish to fascinating elephants and naked mole rats. He is a Science journalist from the Atlantic who has won many awards for his reporting. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism.
In his latest book, he takes readers through many encounters. These include the ones with turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that emit electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats.
Readers in his book can also discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a person’s fingertips. The eyes of a giant squid evolved to see whales. Plants vibrate with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and even simple scallops have complex vision. All these are mentioned on his website.
It all began when Yong launched a blog by the name Not Exactly Rocket Science. It scratched his writing itch. The blog started getting picked up by publications, which led to his job at The Atlantic. Yong’s writing was featured in National Geographic, the New Yorker, Wired, the New York Times, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American and other publications. He regularly does talks and interviews.
Yong is one of the many writers who were featured in the upcoming Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. It is to be held from July 22-24. He spoke with The New York Times columnist and podcast host Ezra Klein on July 22, at the Sun Valley Pavilion.
The Sun Valley Writers’ Conference brings the country’s top writers and innovators. It welcomes scientific experts, playwrights, poets and policymakers to Sun Valley each summer. The conference is to discuss their latest works and important issues. More than 1.9 million people have watched his TED talk on mind-controlling parasites.
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