Ryan F. Mandelbaum's posts

Science and technology have evolved, but some things may always be beyond human knowledge.

I tested Merlin Bird ID's new machine-learning powered Sound ID tool and was impressed by its accuracy.

Early career scientists like Jessica Esquivel are driving innovations at major experiments like Muon G-2 at Fermilab.

Inside a locked cabinet, an envelope held a number that was poised to rock the physics community, regardless of its…

I wish I had a noble reason for lying in bed and sampling jellified beer from a cocktail glass on a Friday…

Machine learning algorithms serve us the news we read, the ads we see, and in some cases even drive our cars. But…

“Don’t try to understand it,” a scientist tells the protagonist of Tenet, as she briefly explains the physics of…

The most famous name in American ornithology is that of a slave owner, grave robber, and fraud who invented birds…

A mysterious signal has appeared in an extremely sensitive dark matter-hunting experiment. And after more than a…

White supremacy is baked into science and academia, from racist language in textbooks to a culture that excludes…

Nearly 14 billion years ago, a universe appeared in an unthinkably high-energy blast. Particles started to…

A few years ago, I stopped being afraid of birds and realized that, actually, I really liked them. It just clicked…

When studying penguins, there’s a surprise you’ve gotta watch out for: the laughing gas produced by their poop.

Scientists at U.S. National Laboratories are still testing nuclear weapons among the mountains, desert, and…

Like many people, I live in an apartment. I don’t really know how old my building is, but it must be kind of old: it…

A new study has found that nuclear radiation during Cold War-era weapons testing could have induced significant…

A large, out-of-control piece of space debris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, passing over much of the…

It’s not often that a paper attempts to take down an entire field. Yet, this past January, that’s precisely what…

Satellite images have captured the result of a lake of lava collapsing on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, revealing an…

You wake up, slightly intoxicated as tap water rinses over your body. You don’t remember why you’re here, but you’re…