Stories by Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges

Scientists are figuring out how to detect a tsunami-generating earthquake’s unique, fast-traveling sound waves 

Functional intestine becomes the latest lab-grown organ

This volumetric look at the scope of the melt is just as staggering as surface area comparisons

A new analysis estimates that for nearly half of clinical studies, data goes “missing” when published

Reported cases of STDs in 2015 were at an all-time high

Hint: not chicken. Author Bill Schutt talks turkey about the history of cannibalism over a plate of placenta Italiana

That’s just one of the highlights from a new analysis of buzzworthy publications

Experts condemn lawmakers’ decision to promote fallacious article from conservative news site

Not all that well, says a new study from the Pew Research Center

He has protected more U.S land and water than any of his predecessors

Experts tone down a news story about the Clinton campaign being urged to challenge results due to possible cyber attack

His stunning win took many people in both parties by surprise—and scientists are only beginning to process the possible fallout

“Serpentized” rodents open one of evolution’s strangest morphological mysteries

Scientific American and Macmillan Learning just the fourth annual STEM Summit at the New York Academy of Sciences to explore some innovative strategies

After decades of experiments have failed to find evidence for physicists’ favored dark matter candidate particles, scientists plan searches for alternatives 

The winning science of weird materials, nanoscale cars and self-eating cells

Scientific American evaluates responses from Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein to 20 questions

Ground that deforms above wells where wastewater is injected could be a telltale sign of trouble to come