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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 · 11/07/2026
Fifty years ago a strange illness befell veterans at a reunion in Philadelphia. News media called it The Philly Killer and the Pandemic of the Century. The culprit was an unknown species of bacteria that continues to harm, and often kill. One by me: www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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The Philly Killer at 50
Legionnaires’ disease is more prevalent than ever. So how did we forget it?
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Jim Handman.bsky.social @sciencejim.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Puppies at work: Inside Canada’s avalanche rescue dog training program. From the excellent @saraheverts.bsky.social canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pup...
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Puppies at work: Inside Canada’s avalanche rescue dog training program
At a remote mountain camp in B.C., Canada’s avalanche rescue dogs learn the skills and form the bonds that might mean the difference between life and death
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Seabird @seabirdreader.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Inside the sweaty world of the Aufguss WM, aka the World Sauna Championships, from @saraheverts.bsky.social in @thewalrus.ca. Recommended in this week's Tidings newsletter: thewalrus.ca/world-sauna-...
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The Steamy, Sweaty, Towel-Spinning Weirdness of the World Sauna Championships | The Walrus
Whatever you’re picturing, we promise it’s stranger
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CTF/FCE @ctffce.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🌪️ 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.
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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
So much fun to write about the surreal and weirdly delightful sauna world championships… thewalrus.ca/world-sauna-...
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The Steamy, Sweaty, Towel-Spinning Weirdness of the World Sauna Championships | The Walrus
Whatever you’re picturing, we promise it’s stranger
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 14/11/2025
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...
On the left: a photo of two men dressed as cowboys riding hobby horses while spinning towels in the air. On the right: text that reads “The steamy, sweaty, towel-spinning weirdness of the world sauna championships. Whatever you’re picturing, we promise it’s stranger”
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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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-...
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Old oil paintings are suffering from chemical “acne”
Conservators are scrambling to rescue them
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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
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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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Sarah Everts @saraheverts.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A real pleasure to talk B.O. on CBC’s The Dose! open.spotify.com/episode/7GJU...
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Why do we smell (and how concerned should we be about it)?
The Dose · Episode
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/03/2025
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 🧵
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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 · 14/02/2025
Wrote about the smell of Egyptian mummies www.smithsonianmag.com/history/disc...
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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
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