Facts are forgettable, but stories are sticky.
Kat Arney
Article
Kalahari Dreaming
The quiet ghostly beauty of a long-forgotten lake.
Article
Archaeological Magic in Makgadikgadi
The remarkable story of the Makgadikgadi's Stone Age people.
Opinion
Why learning to listen will help you avoid ‘helicopter research’ and make you a better science communicator.
Podcast
Beer for Elephants
How a Botswana Brewery is helping farmers live with big grey giants.
Article
Behind the wheel of the revolution
Five things you need to know about electric cars.
Podcast - Beautiful Botswana
The Magic of Makgadikgadi
75 thousand-year-old archaeology, 3000-year-old trees, and six billion stars. A chat about my favourite place on earth.
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Opinion
Why academia needs to up its game when it comes to supporting mothers in science.
Opinion
Unfantastic Plastic
How my house has piled up with plastic since having children and what I do to combat it.
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Opinion
Scientists join their profession with the hope their research will benefit humanity. But many still inadvertently exploit local collaborators or communities.
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Opinion
Science with a 6-month old
An ode to science mums and why maternity leave sucks as a scientist.
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Interview
Traveling Geologist Post on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana.
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Analysis
Why it's so difficult to initiate action on climate change and how we might do better as communicators
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Public Engagement
Discussing climate change and stone age archaeology with local communities in the Makgadikgadi salt pans.
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Interview
What's it like to work as a Quaternary Scientist in Africa? An interview with RockHeadSciences.
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Podcast
An excerpt from a 15-minute radio programme on the James Webb Space Telescope (Nov 2021
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