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Listen to artist Bianca Tainsh in Episode 28 of Science Write Now. Her project Imprinting Empathy explores how art + AI can foster interspecies connection—and teach machines to care. From fungi to tech to ecology, this episode bridges science + creativity. sciencewritenow.com/listen/episode…

Read “A Long, Flat Poem” by Miles Hitchcock in SWN Edition 11: Synergy. Even the smallest mark can open a world—this piece explores how ideas emerge from quiet, flat places. Want more? Visit Miles’ Facebook for insights + reflections.

Read “Isochronism: Three Sonnets” by Shey Marque in SWN Edition 11: Synergy. These poems explore time, nature, and the threads connecting us all—echoes of growth, change, and connection. Find Keeper of the Ritual and The Hum Hearers at your favourite bookstore.

Listen to Michael Brissenden in Episode 29 of Science Write Now! He talks crime, corruption, and climate-fuelled wildfires through the lens of his latest novel, Smoke. Fiction meets real-world environmental crisis. Find Smoke at your favourite bookstore. sciencewritenow.com/listen/michael…

Read “Interdependence Intricacies” by Magdalena Ball in SWN Edition 11: Synergy. This poem reflects on the complex ties between humans and ecosystems—reminding us how deeply we’re connected to the natural world. Discover more of Magdalena’s work at your favourite bookstore.

See “Meteor” by Kathryn Cooper in SWN Edition 11: Synergy. Her photography captures starling murmurations—moments of movement, beauty, and collective intelligence. Much like Synergy itself: poems, stories, images—moving together as one.

Read “Amateur Mycology” by Emily Tsokos Purtill in SWN Edition 10: The Underground. Congrats to Emily on her new novel Matia—a sweeping family saga across four generations and three continents. Find it at your favourite bookstore!

Read in SWN Edition 11: Synergy Selena de Carvalho explores the secret life of orchids—and how they trick, collaborate, and survive in complex ecosystems. Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read

🌬️ Read in SWN Edition 11: Synergy Heather Taylor-Johnson explores wind—trapped in her ear, racing with Van Gogh’s mistral, fueling bushfires—and how artists try to capture the uncapturable. 📚 Find her books at your favourite bookstore. Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read/synergy/h…

🌱 Read in SWN Edition 9: Migration In his interview, Tuấn Mami explores how “Vietnamese Immigrating Gardens” serve as cultural bridges—and acts of quiet resistance against displacement. Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read/migration…

📸 New on the Science Write Now podcast! Joachim Froese talks salt printing, slow art, and blending traditional + contemporary photography techniques. 🌱 He also shares a fascinating project involving seedlings! Listen more: sciencewritenow.com/listen

🎧 New on the Science Write Now podcast! Renée Treml shares her journey from science to art—talking graphic novels, picture books, science for kids, and even designing museum specimens! 📚 Her new book The Thylacine and the Time Machine arrives April 1, 2025.

📖 Read Death by Grapefruit by Ellyse Reese & The Greater Story by Adeeba Shaik in SWN Edition 11: Synergy! These powerful narratives emerged from our Young Writers’ Fellowship, supported by @qldgov — Engaging Science. ✨📝 Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read

Read Heart to Leaf in SWN Edition 11: Synergy! Anne Elvey’s poem reflects on human-nature interconnectedness, exploring transformative plant relationships in colonized landscapes. 🌱✨ Find Anne’s books at your favorite bookstore! Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read

The latest edition of Science Write Now is out now—and free to read online! Find great #poetry #fiction #essays and more from writers around the world :)

📖 Read Donna Mazza’s craft essay “Learning to Forget: Seeking balance between science and fiction” in SWN Edition 1: Women in Science. Her book Fauna explores the intersection of science & fiction—find it at your favorite bookstore! 🔬✨ Read more: sciencewritenow.com/read

In ‘Wet Gully Elegy’, Magdalena Ball explores the idea of the intertwine between subterranean and the visible above, referring to the wet gully red gum forest. Read this poem online on Edition #10, The Underground!

‘Unearthing Starlight’ by Julie Constable weaves the horticulture of regional Victorian soils with Chinese copper extraction. Read the full essay online at Edition #10, The Underground. Image: Flower Bed, River of Life, 2007 by John Robert McPherson (Public Domain)

SWN host, Bianca Millroy interviews Dr Fiona Robertson, Dr Jo Skinner, and Dr Laurie Steed about their creative process and the synergies between narrative storytelling and medical practice - and so much more! Listen to our first episode at sciencewritenow.substack.com/p/cognitive-co… ! #podcast

Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new series, Cognitive Conversations, where we tackle the big questions in art, creativity and neuroscience.