Mike McRae
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Canberra, ACT, Australia
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'Time Reflections' Finally Observed by Physicists After Decades of Searching
Walk through a maze of mirrors, you'll soon come face to face with yourself. → Read More
Arrest Warrant Issued For US Woman Who Refused Tuberculosis Treatment
A US woman diagnosed with the highly contagious bacterial infection tuberculosis has been found in civil contempt after repeated refusals to follow orders for treatment. → Read More
Scientists Found an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between 'then' and 'now'. → Read More
For The First Time Ever, Physicists See Molecules Form Through Quantum Tunneling
Chemistry takes effort. → Read More
3,500-Year-Old Failed Attempt at Brain Surgery Uncovered in Israel
A Late Bronze Age grave in the archaeological site of Meggido, Israel, has presented researchers with a rare example of delicate cranial surgery that could be the earliest of its kind in the Middle East. → Read More
Freak Accident Kills Man After MRI Machine Triggers Loaded Handgun
A Brazilian man has passed away from injuries he received last month when a concealed handgun he was wearing discharged near an operating MRI machine, shooting him in the abdomen. → Read More
Latest Mind-Blowing Suggestion For Cooling The Planet Involves Blasting The Moon
With each passing year, the effects of rising global temperatures become even more obvious, while the chances of avoiding greater catastrophes in the future retreat like every melting glacier. → Read More
This Physicist Says Electrons Spin in Quantum Physics After All. Here's Why
'Spin' is a fundamental quality of fundamental particles like the electron, invoking images of a tiny sphere revolving rapidly on its axis like a planet in a shrunken solar system. → Read More
Mysteriously Deep Snow Covers The Icy Moon Enceladus, But How Did It Get There?
Saturn's own orbiting winter wonderland, Enceladus, could be in the midst of a relative dry spell, according to new measures on the thickness of its snowdrifts by a team of researchers from across the US. → Read More
These Massive Neutron Stars Existed For Less Than The Blink of an Eye
Not much can be accomplished in a few hundred milliseconds. → Read More
Mysterious Quantum Phenomenon Lets Us Peek Inside an Atom's Heart
Silently churning away at the heart of every atom in the Universe is a swirling wind of particles that physics yearns to understand. → Read More
Our Mental Picture of Space Seems to Expand Like The Universe
Inside your brain there is a map of every bedroom you've slept in. → Read More
'Dynamic Soaring' Trick Could Speed Spacecraft Across Interstellar Space
Sailing to the stars on the scale of human lifetimes could be a matter of choosing the right kind of wind. → Read More
Humans Keep Growing an Extra Artery in Their Arms, And This Is Why
Picturing how our species might appear in the far future often invites wild speculation over stand-out features such as height, brain size, and skin complexion. Yet subtle shifts in our anatomy today demonstrate how unpredictable evolution can be. → Read More
A Tobacco Plant Has Been Engineered to Produce Cocaine in Its Leaves
Used by humans as a stimulant and anesthetic for thousands of years, the drug commonly known as cocaine has been carefully shaped by species of the coca plant (Erythroxylum) over tens of millions of years in an arms race against hungry insects. → Read More
'Baby Brain' Is Real, Scientists Confirm, And We May Finally Know Why
The mental fog that can come with pregnancy – commonly referred to as 'baby brain' – isn't merely the result of discomfort, stress, and sleepless nights: A mother's brain really does seem to change to accommodate the new arrival. → Read More
Wormholes May Already Have Been Detected, Physicists Say
Hypothetical bridges connecting distant regions of space (and time) could more or less look like garden variety black holes, meaning it's possible these mythical beasts of physics have already been seen. → Read More
Astronomers Captured The Incredibly Rare Sight of a Star Mere Hours After It Exploded
It's an inconvenient truth of astronomy that nobody gets a personal invitation to witness a star's dying breaths. → Read More
Music Humans Can't Even Hear Makes Us Dance More, Experiment Shows
When the dance floor is a wasteland, cranking the bass is one surefire way to fill it with bobbing heads and frenetic gyrations. → Read More
What Is a Blood Moon?
A blood moon is a non-scientific description of the Moon's sometimes-rusty color when it goes through a total lunar eclipse. → Read More