The always inspiring Ed Yong on the many ways animals experience our world in ways that remain hidden from our human senses. How birds can not just sense, but actually see the magnetic field of the Earth. Or how dogs can smell time, glimpsing into the past and the future with their noses. A small reminder that we can never assume that the world just exists. It’s a different world, depending on who’s looking.

From Weekly Filet #580, in August 2026.