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Angus Chen

InternThe Takeaway
Angus Chen is an intern with The Takeaway. Angus produces and edits segments on health, science, environment, politics, technology, and other general assignments. He's also a freelance science reporter. His work has appeared with Science and Discover Magazine’s blogs as well as other media websites. Before climbing into the airwaves, Angus did research in geology at Princeton University and in ecology at Harvard University. Angus graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in Creative Writing, Environmental Studies, and Geology.
Health
Could Tetris help ameliorate some of the symptoms for those with PTSD?
US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power reads a statement following a United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution about the ongoing crisis in Iraq on August 15, 2014.
Conflict
Shocking photos push Samantha Power to seek peace in Syria
An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.
Science
Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets
An artist's rendering if Kepler 186f, a world extremely similar to Kepler 438b, an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting an M-class dwarf star in the habitable zone.
Science
Up close, ‘Earth-like’ planets are still wildly unfamiliar worlds
Children look at a light display for Chinese New Year outside Kuala Lumpur.
Culture
Chinese New Year should be a big deal for me. It’s not, and I feel guilty
Nurse Donna Riccardi administers a shot of Influenze virus vaccine to patient Deanna Joa at the New York Downtown Hospital in New York on January 10, 2013.
Health
The CDC says there’s a flu epidemic raging in America
NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, is pictured in this February 3, 2013 handout self-portrait.
Science
The Curiosity rover uncovers evidence that Mars once had a massive lake
Health workers wearing protective equipment are pictured at the Island Clinic in Monrovia, Liberia on September 30, 2014, where patients are treated for Ebola.
Health
Even in the US, a doctor who treats Ebola is treated like a ‘half hero, half pariah’
Michele Mattana of Sardinia, Italy, poses with an iPhone 6 Plus and an iPhone 6 on the first day of sales at the Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan on September 19, 2014.
Technology
Some customers are bent out of shape after Apple’s big iPhone launch