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… www.economist.com/science-and-...

Hey Ottawa! Looking forward to speaking at the International Writers Festival. May 3rd, 11:30AM. See ya there! 🙏 The Certainty Illusion with Timothy Caulfield writersfestival.org/events/sprin... with @saraheverts.bsky.social cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

A real pleasure to talk B.O. on CBC’s The Dose! open.spotify.com/episode/7GJU...

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.

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 🧵

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