Yay!🕺🏽. I made it through my first year as a science writer ✍️🏽🌲🐾. This tweet thread sums up how exactly I went about doing science writing for various international pubs working from a remote part of Nepal. This will be a long thread. Buckle up and here we go. (1/14).

RT @KendallSciWrite: In this @NatureCareers profile @SubediShiba1 tells @saugat_optimist how he brought together music and science to write….

8️⃣ One key takeaway: Collaboration is everything. Scientists, chefs, and food innovators are teaming up to create a more sustainable, healthier, and exciting future for food. 🍽️🚀.

7️⃣ 🔬 Lab-grown meat is inching closer to reality. Winston Churchill once imagined a future where meat could be grown without raising animals. That vision is now within reach thanks to cellular agriculture.🥩⚡ #SustainableFood.

6️⃣ I tried the miracle berry and it completely transformed the sourness of a lemon into pure sweetness. Imagine hacking flavors without sugar? 🍋➡️🍭. I did a story on this as well:

5️⃣ Plant-based meat is getting eerily close to the real thing. Companies like @BeyondMeat & @ImpossibleFoods are actively using advanced protein chemistry to mimic the taste & texture of traditional meat. Would you switch? 🌱🥩.

4️⃣ 🥗 The Mediterranean diet is insanely good for you—but why?. Its health benefits are quite amazing, and scientists are still uncovering the biochemical reasons behind its impact on longevity & disease prevention. 🧬🍷.

3️⃣ Lab equipment is now in restaurant kitchens. Rotovaps like companies are giving chefs unprecedented precision & creativity. Science isn’t just shaping what we eat—it’s changing how we cook. 🔥👨‍🍳 #CulinaryInnovation.

2️⃣ Vegan meringues exist, and they’re incredible. Food scientists and chefs are cracking the eggless code, recreating classic textures without animal products. Plant-based cuisine is pushing boundaries like never before! 🌱🥚 #FoodTech.

1️⃣ Yesterday, I attended an eye-opening session with Kent Kirshenbaum, a food biochemist at @nyuniversity, on how science and biotech are transforming the way we eat. The future of food is wild, and here are some mind-blowing innovations happening right now. 🧵👇 #FoodScience.

RT @newmarkjschool: The Himalayan tree landscape is shifting. Alum @saugat_optimist ‘23 has the story for @ScienceMagazine. https://t.co/….

RT @girib71: Congratulations @sigdelshalik for this wonderful research and @saugat_optimist for covering this work.

RT @sigdelshalik: Coverage of our recent research progress on Himalayan treeline dynamics ( in Science News. The Hi….

RT @TheAtlantic: For the first time, butterflies have been shown to flutter across the Atlantic ocean. Pollen can help track them, @saugat_….

RT @TheAtlantic: For the first time, butterflies have been shown to flutter across the Atlantic ocean. Pollen can help track them, @saugat_….

This piece went through several rounds of edits with my incredible editor, Bob Holmes, who helped me refine the structure and narrative. A big thank you to Rosie, @evaemersonAR, and rest of the team at @KnowableMag for their valuable contributions in polishing the story.

One of the researchers I interviewed described this as tracking a GPS—a fascinating insight into how their journeys are mapped.

These butterflies travel across multiple generations, migrating from the Middle East and Europe to Africa. Scientists are now using pollen attached to their body to track butterfly movement!.

We’re all familiar with Monarch butterflies and their epic migration, which takes them from southern Canada and the northern United States to the mountainous oyamel fir forests of central Mexico. But did you know that painted lady butterflies also undertake remarkable migrations?.

Hey everyone,. I’m so thrilled to finally share with you all my latest short feature article published in @KnowableMag !. And it's about the little colorful creatures we all adore, the butterflies and their migration across Middle East, Europe and Africa.