Chelsea Whyte
@chelswhyte.bsky.social
US editor at New Scientist. Co-host of Dead Planets Society podcast
Who wouldn't? Break open all the moons!!
June 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Who wouldn't? Break open all the moons!!
ok i've been curious about it but now i'm afraid it will steal all my brainpower (what little i have)
April 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ok i've been curious about it but now i'm afraid it will steal all my brainpower (what little i have)
Yeah I went down a few Reddit threads hoping for an answer before I came back here. I really hope someone around here knows!
April 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yeah I went down a few Reddit threads hoping for an answer before I came back here. I really hope someone around here knows!
What a curious expression. Do you know where it came from?
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What a curious expression. Do you know where it came from?
This is all reminding me of that convo you had on Never Post like a year ago about when an email is important enough to use your computer vs the phone
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is all reminding me of that convo you had on Never Post like a year ago about when an email is important enough to use your computer vs the phone
don't worry bout it, time isn't real
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
don't worry bout it, time isn't real
Fair enough! Thanks for the chat, always nice to hear from scientists on their experiences with journalism
March 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fair enough! Thanks for the chat, always nice to hear from scientists on their experiences with journalism
I understand that position, and I'm curious how you feel about someone writing a story about a pre-print of yours without including your voice in it? Is a that a concern? I could see how it might not be, I'm just curious how it looks from your point of view
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I understand that position, and I'm curious how you feel about someone writing a story about a pre-print of yours without including your voice in it? Is a that a concern? I could see how it might not be, I'm just curious how it looks from your point of view
Definitely. I'm mostly curious if researchers tend to prepare to talk about a pre-print the same way they would a paper, or if you see them as different enough to require different prep
March 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Definitely. I'm mostly curious if researchers tend to prepare to talk about a pre-print the same way they would a paper, or if you see them as different enough to require different prep
We should start with multiple infinities and go from there (ha)
March 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We should start with multiple infinities and go from there (ha)
One of the problems, which I suffered myself, is that people are taught from a young age that maths is too hard or too boring for them. But when you get into it you find out it's so creative and amazing and delightful. But getting readers there can be tough! Worth keeping at it though :)
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One of the problems, which I suffered myself, is that people are taught from a young age that maths is too hard or too boring for them. But when you get into it you find out it's so creative and amazing and delightful. But getting readers there can be tough! Worth keeping at it though :)
Yeah, I totally get that. Our readers absolutely love maths stories, but explaining the incremental (though important) advances can be tough to get readers engaged, so it often tends towards the bigger findings or those with wider implications
March 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yeah, I totally get that. Our readers absolutely love maths stories, but explaining the incremental (though important) advances can be tough to get readers engaged, so it often tends towards the bigger findings or those with wider implications
Yes, that's been my experience, too. Still, I find some scientists seem surprised we would read the arxiv and report on it at all, though plenty of people are willing to chat once we explain that's common in our line of work. It's just a difference in how we view pre-prints, I've noticed
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Yes, that's been my experience, too. Still, I find some scientists seem surprised we would read the arxiv and report on it at all, though plenty of people are willing to chat once we explain that's common in our line of work. It's just a difference in how we view pre-prints, I've noticed
I'd be curious if you have thoughts to share on pre-prints, as that's often where I've seen friction. I've come across scientists who suggest a pre-print isn't published, as it hasn't been in a journal. While my colleagues and I see it as public information that has indeed been published.
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'd be curious if you have thoughts to share on pre-prints, as that's often where I've seen friction. I've come across scientists who suggest a pre-print isn't published, as it hasn't been in a journal. While my colleagues and I see it as public information that has indeed been published.
From the point of view of a journalist, this is fantastic and covers so many common misunderstandings of how the journalism side of things works.
March 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
From the point of view of a journalist, this is fantastic and covers so many common misunderstandings of how the journalism side of things works.
When I was a kid I got banned from my school library for reading 6th grade books in 3rd grade so my mom took me to the city library and said I could take out any book I wanted
February 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When I was a kid I got banned from my school library for reading 6th grade books in 3rd grade so my mom took me to the city library and said I could take out any book I wanted
The only disappointment here is the Dead Planets Society part of me, which wants the asteroid to crack the moon entirely in half
February 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The only disappointment here is the Dead Planets Society part of me, which wants the asteroid to crack the moon entirely in half
If you were tested for flu, I think it would show up as influenza A, though it would take further testing to determine if it was H5N1
February 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If you were tested for flu, I think it would show up as influenza A, though it would take further testing to determine if it was H5N1
plus a shocking amount of information about, let's see here, Trigger's broom in Only Fools And Horses? what is happening
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
plus a shocking amount of information about, let's see here, Trigger's broom in Only Fools And Horses? what is happening
They have favorite things to be part of. Does that mean some of your atoms hate you? Yes.
February 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
They have favorite things to be part of. Does that mean some of your atoms hate you? Yes.
d) a mime getting ready to juggle
e) you drying your nails after a manicure
f) the beginning of a werewolf transformation
e) you drying your nails after a manicure
f) the beginning of a werewolf transformation
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
d) a mime getting ready to juggle
e) you drying your nails after a manicure
f) the beginning of a werewolf transformation
e) you drying your nails after a manicure
f) the beginning of a werewolf transformation