Isobel Whitcomb

Isobel Whitcomb

Live Science Contributor

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.

Latest articles by Isobel Whitcomb

NASA's Curiosity rover has found a sky-high amount of methane while sampling in Mars' Gale Crater (shown here).

Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Don't get too excited just yet.

Mars
Joe Biden gestures in front of an American flag

Biden Promises to 'Cure Cancer' If Elected. Here's Why That's Laughable.

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Biden's promise may be easier said than done, according to experts.

Cancer
The waves around a set of islands glow neon blue

Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas Are Incredibly Toxic — And They’re Growing

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Tourists from all over China come to view the toxic twinkling seascape.

Rivers & Oceans
A piece of the moon against a black sky

Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration

By Isobel Whitcomb published

NASA's still on track to send humans to the moon. But confusion doesn't help.

The Moon
Travelers unpack bags at airport security

Is the Radiation from Airport Body Scanners Dangerous?

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Not much more dangerous than a banana

Health
international space station in front of planet earth

NASA Wants to Let Space Tourists Onto the Space Station — for $59 Million

By Isobel Whitcomb published

This vacation is completely out of this world.

Space Exploration
Woodpecker perched on a hole-ridden tree, with acorns in some of the holes

Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People Out

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Planet Earth
Cartoon cat peering at its shadow

Can Physicists Really Save Schrödinger’s Cat?

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Whether the cat lives or dies isn't as unpredictable as scientists assumed.

Physics & Mathematics
Anaconda Snake

Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male Required

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Snakes
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