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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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Mind

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Life

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Life

Bumblebees in cities are healthier than those in the countryside

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Physics

Physics of knitting shows why your sweater is so nice and comfy

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Space

NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact

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Health

Children seized at US border will face lasting health effects

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Technology

Robo bomb squads compete to gather evidence after a drone attack

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Life

The New York bird with a song that may be a thousand years old

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Health

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Technology

DeepMind’s AI can ‘imagine’ a world based on a single picture

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Physics

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