A raindrop hits the ground

A raindrop hits the ground

4 September 2023 A collaboration between scientist Céline Cattoën-Gilbert and illustrator Jean Donaldson. It’s Sunday 14 August 2022, and I’m sitting in front of my computer. I feel a surge of numbing emotions and prickly memories gushing through me. My eyes scan the...
Everything is information

Everything is information

3 July 2023 A collaboration between scientist Markus Luczak-Roesch and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. In 1975, a student working in Japan made a mistake. They misunderstood some instructions in Japanese and added 1,000 times more of a...
An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

2 June 2023 A collaboration between scientist Chrissie Painting and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Anna Brown. “Found some!” I let out a sigh of relief and turn towards my colleague’s voice coming somewhere from among a tangle of logs and vines. Above me a kākā...
Do we build the dam?

Do we build the dam?

1 May 2023 A collaboration between research assistant Claire Grant and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. “Right, let’s go Pup!” Dad sing-songs to our dog Blue as she bounces from left to right, bow-wowing at the top of her lungs. She’s just as...