She is an internationally noted science writer and commentator, originally hailing from Australia and now living in Los Angeles. She has written extensively about science and society for magazines, television, and radio. Margaret has written ten television documentaries, including the award winning series Catalyst which she conceived and co-directed.
Catalyst is a six-part series about science and technology aimed at teenagers.
Margaret has appeared frequently on television and radio in the USA, Australia, and Europe talking about science in a social context. She is a regular guest on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations weekly TV current affairs program Sunday Morning Live, and has been a contributing reporter on the PBS program Religion and Ethics News Weekly. Margaret lectures regularly about science and society, and about science and religion, at universities and colleges across America - and also abroad. In 1998 she was the Australian Broadcasting Corporations official spokeswoman for Science Week. She has recently been on a lecture tour of South Africa, speaking about the interaction between physics and religion both historically and today.