Words
Read a selection of my written work – from reported features and explainers through to articles I've commissioned and edited.
Longform articles
My Father's Beautiful Brain: How a Traumatic Brain Injury Changed Our Family Forever – CNET (featured in The Best Australian Science Writing 2022)
Feature articles
House always messy? Just blame it on the second law of thermodynamics – ABC Science
'They see themselves as realists': You don't have to believe in Q to be a conspiracy theorist – ABC Science
'That's when people started getting suspicious': The story of severe COVID-19 reaches way beyond the lungs – ABC Health & Wellbeing
How to invent a sport you're naturally good at – ABC Science
Bats have lived with coronaviruses for thousands of years. What made this one jump? – ABC Science
The magnitude of Australia's bushfire crisis captured in five big numbers – ABC Science
We still don't know why we exist – ABC Science
The comet that brought a Chinese astronomer to Canberra – ABC International
Cherie Colyer-Morris: How being an intern in Indonesia changed my view of science – ABC International
Aussie animals you can eat – ABC International
How Australian businesses are reaching Chinese consumers online – ABC International
Faces of Anzac Albany: Photography portraits reveal what the Anzac legend means today – ABC Open
Explainers
More forgetful, irritable and tired than normal? Welcome to your brain under lockdown – ABC Health & Wellbeing
What a bus trip and bathroom plumbing can tell us about COVID-19 transmission – ABC Health & Wellbeing
Reporting on coronavirus means navigating the mystery of a new virus and the occasional bored six-year-old – ABC Backstory
'They're spheres': Black holes aren't holes – ABC Science
When air quality is bad what helps (and what doesn't) reduce smoke in your home – ABC Science
Scientists are building yeast 2.0. Here's why that's exciting – ABC Science
How to prepare your children for natural disasters – ABC Emergency
News features
Ceres, a tiny planet in the asteroid belt, is officially an 'ocean world' – ABC Science
We asked scientists what to do about the Victorian border. They had a surprising answer – ABC Health & Wellbeing
The end of the Cretaceous Period was bad for the dinosaurs, but good for flowering plants – ABC Science
Grains of stardust found in meteorite that landed in Victoria – ABC Science
Climate change will hit women in hotspots hardest – ABC Science
We all have a song to sing, but they might be more similar than we'd thought – ABC Science
A frozen object from interstellar space is about to hurtle past Mars – ABC Science (featured in The Best Australian Science Writing 2020)
Humanity's birthplace found in southern Africa – ABC Science
Google says it's achieved 'quantum supremacy', but IBM's not so sure – ABC Science
Scientists announce gene editing tool that overcomes some of CRISPR's issues – ABC Science
How big dinosaurs stopped their brains from baking – ABC Science
No-one needs to teach this bird how to boogie – ABC Science
Commissioned and edited articles
Solar puts us in fast lane to 100% renewables – Andrew Blakers, The Australian National University for 360info
Lessons for the world in how Darwin keeps it cool – Stephen Cook, Tim Muster & Natthanij Soonsawad, CSIRO for 360info
Why DeepSeek’s AI leap only puts China in front for now – Jonathan K. Kummerfeld, The University of Sydney for 360info
Everything I know about nuclear power I learnt from The Simpsons – Marcus K. Harmes, University of Southern Queensland & Michael B. Charles, Southern Cross University for 360info
Cockroaches can teach us plenty about eating well – David Raubenheimer, The University of Sydney for 360info
Busted: five myths about eco-friendly eating – Bianca Wassmann, Singapore-ETH Centre for 360info
Trees please me, but we also need biodiversity in our cities – Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University for 360info
With HIV PrEP one size does not fit all – Gilda Tachedjian, Burnet Institute & Monash University for 360info
How virtual humans might help our lonely elderly – Hamid Laga, Murdoch University & Mohammed Bennamoun & Farid Boussaid, University of Western Australia for 360info
What will e-transport look like in 10 years? – Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Saad Mekhilef, Saeid Ghazizadeh & Alex Stojcevski, Swinburne University of Technology for 360info
How AI is joining the fight against superbugs – Katharina Richter, University of Adelaide for 360info
Why lunar touchdown offers real payoff for India – Daniel Ricardo, Swinburne University of Technology for 360info
Is lab-grown meat better for the environment? – Mahya Tavan, Sustainable Nutrition Initiative & Paul Wood, Monash University for 360info
Who’s afraid of quantum computing? – Chris Ferrie, University of Technology Sydney for 360info
Home ownership is not only personal but political – Sebastian Kohl, Freie Universität Berlin for 360info
Science communication
Pregnancies don't stop during a pandemic: how a lack of information about COVID‐19 impacted pregnant Australians – Burnet Institute
A new way lactic acid can reduce a woman's risk of getting an STI – Burnet Institute
How deceased ovarian cancer patients are safeguarding their families' health today – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
It's not all in their DNA: Cancer cells with the same genome can behave differently – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Iron-reducing drug starves acute leukaemia cells then kills them – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Sweet new technology reveals more about T cell killers of cancer – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
It's not just fish, plastic pollution harms the bacteria that help us breathe – Science in Public
Bugs' burps for efficient hydrogen production – Science in Public
Turning coffee waste into coffee cups – Science in Public
Drone swarms that can think for themselves – Science in Public