Scott Sayare
@scottsayare.bsky.social
Observer, recorder, etc.
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Thrilled and honored to have "The Smell Test," my piece for The New York Times Magazine on the great promise of scent in medical diagnosis, included in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing—selected by the great @susanorlean.bsky.social herself, no less.
It's pub day for The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025, and the whole Best American series. I'm so proud of this book and all the brilliant, beautiful writing @susanorlean.bsky.social selected for it. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025
Check out The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025 - <p>“The best science and nature writing—which these stories represent—reminds us of the wide world and our connection to...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thrilled and honored to have "The Smell Test," my piece for The New York Times Magazine on the great promise of scent in medical diagnosis, included in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing—selected by the great @susanorlean.bsky.social herself, no less.
New piece of mine for @theguardian.com Long Read, on the most ancient possibly hominin fossils ever discovered; the two-decade fight over the bones themselves and their meaning; and what we know—and what we don't, and maybe won't—of the deep origins of humanity.
The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins
The long read: When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter...
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May 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New piece of mine for @theguardian.com Long Read, on the most ancient possibly hominin fossils ever discovered; the two-decade fight over the bones themselves and their meaning; and what we know—and what we don't, and maybe won't—of the deep origins of humanity.