🌪️ Big Tech is taking all the industries by storm. Journalism is no exception. Thank you to @saraheverts.bsky.social for facilitating this insightful session on Riding the News Cycle in this Age of Big Tech.

So much fun to write about the surreal and weirdly delightful sauna world championships… thewalrus.ca/world-sauna-...

In her latest story for The Walrus, writer @saraheverts.bsky.social uncovers the surreal, sweat-drenched spectacle of the world sauna theatre championship, where two brothers from Quebec compete for Canada’s first-ever title: thewalrus.ca/world-sauna-cham...

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...