Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to science writer Ed Yong.
He’s the author of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (£20, Bodley Head).
In this episode, Ed tells us about the staggering diversity of animal senses, from dogs’ powerful sense of smell to birds’ incredible colour vision.
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And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Ed on Instant Genius Extra.
On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Ed tells us about the animal senses that humans don’t have at all.
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