13 Facts About Ed Yong

Edmund Soon-Weng Yong was born on 17 December 1981 and is a British-American science journalist and author.

Ed Yong is the author of two books: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life and An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us.

Edmund Soon-Weng Ed Yong was born on 17 December 1981, in Malaysia.

At the age of 13, Ed Yong immigrated to the UK in 1994.

Ed Yong was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in natural sciences from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 2002.

Ed Yong completed postgraduate study at University College London, where he was awarded a Master of Philosophy degree in 2005 in biochemistry.

Ed Yong received the National Academies Communication Award from the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 in recognition of his online journalism; in the same year, he received three awards from ResearchBlogging.

Ed Yong's blog received the first Best Science Blog award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2014.

Ed Yong's work has been published by Nature, Scientific American, the BBC, Slate, Aeon, The Guardian, The Times, New Scientist, Wired, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.

In September 2015, Ed Yong joined The Atlantic as a science reporter.

In 2016, Ed Yong released the book, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life which recounts the ubiquitousness of microbes and the relationships microbes have with animals.

In 2022, Ed Yong released his second book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, which explores animal perception.

Ed Yong lived in Washington, DC until May 2023, when he and Neeley moved to Oakland, California, where they currently reside.