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Chelsea Whyte

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Chelsea Whyte is a senior editor at ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ. She has worked as a staff journalist at ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ since 2017, in previous roles as US Editor, senior news editor, a US reporter and as the physics and space news editor. She has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

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Night sky

Space

The universe is 2.5 billion times less magnetic than a fridge magnet

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The inactivated polio vaccine cannot be delivered orally

Health

Every country worldwide is now using the most effective polio vaccine

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Traffic in San Francisco

Technology

Uber and Lyft increased traffic delays in San Francisco by 40 percent

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Two wasps

Life

Wasps are the first invertebrates seen to use a type of logic

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13 Reasons Why

Health

Did Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why really increase suicide rates?

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Health workers dressed in Ebola protective suits carry a coffin

Health

Ebola outbreak in the DRC hits record number of cases in a single day

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteria populate the cracked skin

Health

Eczema-associated bacteria may be kept in check by a different microbe

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Hormone therapy may improve some symptoms of autism

Health

Hormone therapy may improve some symptoms of autism

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A diver with Protocyon jaw and vertebra

Life

Prehistoric predator fossils found in an underwater cave in Mexico

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La Chacra forest island in the Bolivian Llanos de Moxos

Humans

Foragers may have settled in the Amazon 10,000 years ago

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A maze that looks like a human head

Technology

Mind-reading device uses AI to turn brainwaves into audible speech

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Watching coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing seemed to have a lasting effect

Mind

Viewing media coverage of traumatic events may fuel long-term distress

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