Mike McRae
Wild elephants were domesticated — but not by humans. Here’s the surprising mystery of how that happened
An international team of researchers recently pointed out that similar features exist within populations of elephants, prompting the question of ...
Why did so many girls experience early puberty during the pandemic? (The virus might not be to blame)
Among the laundry list of health problems COVID has inflicted on the world's population, one of the more perplexing could ...
‘Apex predators’: For 2.5 million years, early humans stood atop the food chain, eating mostly meat
Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors. For ...
Video: What the lungs of newborns look like when they take their first breaths
[U]sing a delicate sensor-belt wrapped around the chests of full-term newborns moments after their delivery, a team of researchers from ...
Just one head injury could ‘tangle’ proteins in the brain, leading to Alzheimer’s
A single serious knock to the skull could be all it takes to develop the nerve damage thought to be ...
7 ways CRISPR gene editing is changing the world
Here are a few ways researchers are already using [CRISPR] to make the world a better place; 1. Produce transplant ...
Virus dangers: Zika, SARS, dengue, 24 others could be transmitted through semen
A dig through the literature has uncovered evidence of 27 distinct viruses from a wide variety of families capable of ...
Sleep to forget: Downtime helps our brains refine, sharpen memories
[W]hile scientists have long understood that our memories rely on connections being built between neurons in our brains, it's not ...
