Isobel Whitcomb is a contributing writer for Live Science who covers the environment, animals and health. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Fatherly, Atlas Obscura, Hakai Magazine and Scholastic's Science World Magazine. Isobel's roots are in science. She studied biology at Scripps College in Claremont, California, while working in two different labs and completing a fellowship at Crater Lake National Park. She completed her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Biden Promises to 'Cure Cancer' If Elected. Here's Why That's Laughable.Biden's promise may be easier said than done, according to experts.
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Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas Are Incredibly Toxic — And They’re GrowingTourists from all over China come to view the toxic twinkling seascape.
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Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space ExplorationNASA's still on track to send humans to the moon. But confusion doesn't help.
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Is the Radiation from Airport Body Scanners Dangerous?Not much more dangerous than a banana
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NASA Wants to Let Space Tourists Onto the Space Station — for $59 MillionThis vacation is completely out of this world.
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Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People OutBy Isobel Whitcomb Published
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Can Physicists Really Save Schrödinger’s Cat?Whether the cat lives or dies isn't as unpredictable as scientists assumed.
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Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male RequiredBy Isobel Whitcomb Published

