Now in its fourth year, this popular and acclaimed anthology steps inside the Australia's finest scientific and literary minds to present a collection that celebrates the nation's finest science writing of the year. Featuring prominent authors-such as Tim Flannery, Jo Chandler, Frank Bowden and Iain McCalman, as well as many new voices-this annual anthology covers topics as diverse and wondrous as our "e;lumpy"e; universe, the creation of dragons, why are Sydney's golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter and fitter, and the frontiers of climate science.