Around the corner

I hit a pretty big personal milestone last week. I paid off my student loan nearly 22 years to the week that it began to accumulate. I am incredibly grateful for that loan. In a…

Last year I shared signs to look out for when it comes to spotting if something has been generated by AI (Artificial Intelligence). That is now out of date. Matt Shumer, who works in the…

I met with a group of science communicators, a mix of science writers and scientists who also do communication work like me. I love hearing what other people are learning and working on and over…

We really don’t hear much about what lies below our oceans. Sure, we hear about a fraction of the incredible life down there, and sometimes about the amount of damage humanity is inflicting. I have…

It is astounding how quickly our technology has advanced in recent years. This is a topic I love chatting with Dad about over breakfast. We rapidly went from horses and carts to cars, and now…

As we have sadly been reminded over the past couple of weeks, we have a country that is susceptible to hazards like landslides that impact people, homes, and lifelines (for example, transport, water and power)….

My heart goes out to everyone impacted by weather events and landslides over this past week. The incoming news that a landslide has gone through the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park was gut-wrenching. Landslides, a…

We hopefully all know by now that we live on a very active planet. According to the United States Geological Survey, records suggest that we can expect around 16 major earthquakes in any given year…

Looking across our oceans, the world beneath is hidden from view. This hidden world shapes our planet in profound ways. I love learning about the processes, patterns and features that make up the roughly-70 per…

Happy New Year! I hope you celebrated in a way that felt good for you, and that 2026 has plenty of joy ahead, whatever your circumstances. We just passed the anniversary of the 2004 Indian…