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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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Life

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Space

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Life

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Health

Can teenagers get vaccinated without their parents’ permission?

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Environment

Green New Deal proposal includes free higher education and fair pay

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Technology

AI can diagnose childhood illnesses better than some doctors

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Life

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Health

Trump wants to end HIV infections by 2030 - here's how to do it

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Physics

Material made from citrus fruit peel could help clean up oil spills

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Humans

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