Thrilled that my book, The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It has been shortlisted for the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award ! Thames & Hudson Australia Waverley Council

Very happy to be included in The Best Australian Science Writing 2023!

Celebrating my book’s first birthday this week (& I have hair again, too!)

As my family never hesitates to remind me before a dive:

‘Na wai e sega ni veiwekani kei dua.’

The ocean owes you nothing. It is no place for hubris. It is older, more vast, more generous than we can comprehend. Show respect. Seek harmony. Every encounter is a gift.

Can confirm

I’ve been quiet for a while. In December I was diagnosed with breast cancer and fell into a whole other world of surgeries, oncology wards, chemo drips & machines ‘that go ping!’…and also so much kindness. I’m exhausted, wrung-out. But the cancer, it seems, is gone.

Very grateful to Charlotte Lusty of The Crop Trust for taking the time to speak with me about seeds, global agriculture, genebanks and the future of food security. I wrote about that fascinating discussion and more in 📖👇

IT'S OUT!

Today, Reuters Institute and Carbon Brief launched the Global South Climate Database, with hundreds of climate scientists and experts from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Pacific. It’s been months in the making. Here’s what it’s about.

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oh this! a thousand times this! Brilliant comic on ADHD in women from @Anikadrawls via The Washington Post

Couldn’t think of anything scarier than all six mass extinction events at once

I outright refuse to question this logic

The multi-talented Ivy Shih (writer, illustrator, communicator, audio producer ... and now editor!) has put together a wondrous collection of Australia's best science writing.

Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms the-scientist.com/news-opinion/s…

Drone footage of a reindeer cyclone. The behavior is thought to be a defense against predators, making it harder to target any individual and shielding young in the 'eye of the storm.'

This is Gerald. He likes to pop in most mornings, rain or shine. I swear he listens for the sound of the coffeemaker.

Look at what arrived in the mail!! I still can't believe the book is real and this watermelon-coloured beauty is in my hands.💗💚

I can't wait to share & for everyone to read all the amazing science articles from the BASW 2022 contributors!

Out Nov 1: unsw.press/books/the-best…

Single brain cell looking for connections:

#neuroscience