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Ryan Mandelbaum

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Covers:  Physics, food, chemistry, space, gross stuff, bionic limbs, wearable technology, birds, energy, the macabre, taxidermy
Doesn't Cover: Lifestyle, nutrition, environment, psychology, animals that aren't birds
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Ryan Mandelbaum’s Biography

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I like food chemistry, particle physics, guy fieri and birds. I make friends with dead animals more easily than I do with people.

Ryan Mandelbaum’s Journalist Portfolio

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How 'Metal Gear Solid' Helped Turn An Amputee Into A Maker

How 'Metal Gear Solid' Helped Turn An Amputee Into A Maker

James Young's bionic arm will be Bluetooth-enabled, with a screen to control his electronics. It has a laser …

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How high-powered microscopes can help make fat taste even better

How high-powered microscopes can help make fat taste even better

Tell me to picture something "awe-inspringly beautiful," and my mind will probably wander to an infinite pile…

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This Enormous Telescope Will Study Neutrinos From The Depths Of The Ocean Floor

This Enormous Telescope Will Study Neutrinos From The Depths Of The Ocean Floor

If trillions and trillions of tiny particles rained down from the depths of space and passed through your bod…

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Scientists recreate Mercury's surface and find it looks more like a mantle

Scientists recreate Mercury's surface and find it looks more like a mantle

If you walked into a home and the kitchen was strewn with dusty old copies of National Geographic, you'd prob…

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Why scientists are freezing the sperm of sex-swapped flounder

Why scientists are freezing the sperm of sex-swapped flounder

You probably didn't expect to learn about flounder sex changes today, but here we are. There aren't any south…

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Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Detected Again

Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Detected Again

Two black holes whirled violently towards each other, under the pull of the immense gravity between them, com…

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Glyn Maier – after the deluge

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By Ryan Mandelbaum
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Glyn Maier is no stranger to the idea of the uncanny—of taking the familiar and warping it just beyond the point of recognizability to achieve altogether new and alien forms.
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Eden Aurelius – Entre Nous

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By Ryan Mandelbaum
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Given the consistent level of hype that has surrounded her name over the last two years, it can be easy to forget that prior to this week, Eden Aurelius had released only a handful of tracks.
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Poppy H – Wilderness Channel

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By Ryan Mandelbaum
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For as long as recorded sound has existed, artists and listeners alike have been debating, quantifying and, occasionally, downright refuting the importance of the gear used in the creation of music. It’s an age-old conversation, and one that so far not only shows few signs of resolution, but also rarely seems to factor in the issue of accessibility. In a time when the majority of people are struggling to make ends meet, it’s important to ask just how much we need and what we can do without.
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What does it mean to be a journalist?

The other day I told my editor something to the effect of "If I'm right, I don't care if sources get mad at me. I care if YOU get mad at me."

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter, or Peach

Who do you wish followed you?

I want to get laypeople excited about particle physics, so just lots of regular people! Guy Fieri would be best for my brand I guess.