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Sarah Everts

@saraheverts.bsky.social

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Science journalist, journo prof and author of The Joy Of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.

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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · May 29

Here’s a piece I wrote for The Economist about how paintings - including Rembrandts & Riopelles - start behaving VERY WEIRDLY because they are literally MAKING SOAP beneath their surface…

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Old oil paintings are suffering from chemical “acne”

Conservators are scrambling to rescue them

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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · Apr 28

A real pleasure to talk B.O. on CBC’s The Dose!

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Why do we smell (and how concerned should we be about it)?

The Dose · Episode

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Apr 9

Hey Ottawa!

Looking forward to speaking at the International Writers Festival. May 3rd, 11:30AM.

See ya there! 🙏

The Certainty Illusion with Timothy Caulfield
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The Certainty Illusion

11:30am, Saturday May 3 at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa — "The Certainty Illusion is a brilliant and accessible deep dive into the complexities of our modern misinformation crisis… Whether n...

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Mar 29

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · Mar 26

Also hilarious

Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · Mar 26

Waves madly at @neilwithers.bsky.social ! What a delightful blast from my chemical past!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Mar 26

Just finished giving the Discovery Lecture at @carleton.ca hosted by @saraheverts.bsky.social and @drkimhellemans.bsky.social this evening! We had tons of great questions and I promised to answer the 8 most up-voted ones here. Here we go! 1/10 🧵

Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World (Mar 25)

Mar 25, 2025 07:00 PM Discovery Lecture: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of clim...

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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Wrote about the smell of Egyptian mummies www.smithsonianmag.com/history/disc...

Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, From Orange Peels to Pine to Incense

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other odors