The Best Australian Science Writing 2025

Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor, Veena Sahajwalla

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01 November 2025

Anthologies (non-poetry); Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

Series: The Best Australian Science

How do insects experience consciousness? Do whales have a language? How liveable are exoplanets

and should we care?

This much-loved anthology

now in its fifteenth year

selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating science stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

The Best Australian Science Writing 2025 anthologises another landmark year in science. From AI to the climate crisis and the changing nature of what science looks like, there's been plenty of ground to cover. Science writers have been vital in decoding these

at times worrying

glimpses of the future, and the many solutions that scientists are working on.

With a foreword by Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, this collection includes the shortlisted entries for the 2025 UNSW Press Bragg Prize.

Foreword by: Veena Sahajwalla
Edited by: Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781761170508
ISBN 10: 1761170503
Series: The Best Australian Science
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Zoe Kean is an award-winning science writer with a focus on evolution, ecology and the environment. She has published in The Guardian, the ABC online, The Best Australian Science Writing 2022, 2023 and 2024, Cosmos magazine and with the BBC. Her book Why Are We Like This? An evolutionary search for answers to life's big questions was released in 2024. Tegan Taylor is a multi-award-winning health and science reporter for the ABC. She hosts Radio National's Life Matters and the hilarious health podcast What's That Rash?