Ben McCarthy

Sydney, Australia

I run a website business called Warm Welcome Websites and make and write things that show you the wonders of our world that science reveals.

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Warm Welcome Websites

Well-built websites and the bits around them for Sydney tradies and small businesses — plumbers, electricians, landscapers, and the like.

Side projects

Salt Safari

Citizen-science species guide for ocean swimmers at Cabbage Tree Bay, Manly.

Interactives

The Rarest Gemstones (in the Universe)

17 precious materials ranked by how much exists across the entire universe. The rarest isn't diamond.

Writing

Where Our Atoms Came From (Part I)

Executive Toupees and Other Galactic Threats

Where Our Atoms Came From (Part II)

Nuclear Waste will be Humanity’s Final Legacy

Your Atoms Came from a Machine

Curiosities

The Home Planetarium

How to put the night sky back on your ceiling. Star projectors reviewed.