Mike McRae is a part-time Journalist at ScienceAlert. He has been telling science stories in one form or another for more than 20 years, and expertly navigates a broad range of subjects, from health and neuroscience to the weirdness of quantum physics.

From classroom teacher to journalist, Mike has contributed to the CSIRO’s magazines, The Guardian , the ABC, and Australian Financial Review , and joined ScienceAlert in 2016. He is the author of popular science books Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs, and Bad ideas and Unwell: What Makes a Disease a Disease? , which reflect his strong passion for sociology and health.

Mike is slowly building a collection of cephalopod tattoos on his right arm and swears there’s still room for a nautilus or two.

Twitter: @tribalscientist