Robby Berman
Contributing Writer
I’m a writer, musician, and father living in central New York with my wife, two daughters, one dog, two cats, and countless questions. I’m especially interested in animal rights, creativity, politics, the nature of things and time, and in making a worthwhile contribution. You can follow me @everyrobby.
A physicist demonstrates how life may be a predictable product of thermodynamics.
Kale contains lutein, a nutrient that may protect the brain against the cognitive effects of aging, according to a new University of Illinois study.
Just because a distant body has ice doesn’t mean it’ll ever have liquid water.
Some experts take issue with Elon Musk’s frightening warning about AI taking over.
At the same time MDMA is showing promise as a PTSD therapy, ecstasy is being cut with all sorts of nasty chemicals on the street.
National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts stands to lose billions of dollars of student-loan debt if it can’t prove ownership.
Hyperloop One announces completion of first successful full-system hyperloop test.
New research suggests that Tyrannosaurus Rex could only walk, not run, a big change in its ferocious image.
Scientists have developed a new Vitamin-A enriched banana that could help solve world hunger problems.
Scientists at GW School of Engineering and Applied Science develop a prototype solar panel that captures nearly double the amount of energy from light.
Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old “giants” in Shandong Province.
Researchers develop a working, battery-free cellphone.
The new Carbon Majors Report 2017 puts all the greenhouse-gas puzzle pieces together in one eye-popping report.
A new study suggests that older couples may help their marriages by drinking together.
LHC researchers discover a double-heavy set of quarks that may reveal new insights into the strong force.
A new study correlates personality type with sleeping position, with infographics
People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.
Harnessing the power of photosynthesis may be able to produce all the hydrogen for energy we need.
Watch what it might look like to travel from the sun to Jupiter at the speed of light.
An AI-driven robot has successfully flown and landed a simulated Boeing 737 for the first time.
Researchers learn how to selectively erase memories in snails, a first step.
Would your dog, cat, or other pet eat you if you died? The truth about if — and how soon — our animal friends start to see us in a different light.
For the Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix, good intentions and modern technology revitalize a classic album.
Orcas are trailing Alaskan fishermen and taking their halibut and black-cod catches.
Author and music producer Kabir Sehgal finds instruction on the true value of money running through the world’s sacred texts.
A comprehensive new study finds that lefties are, in fact, better at advanced math.
Smoking reflects a deep divide in American society.
It turns out most of the ocean’s plastic is coming from a single corner of the world.
Do volcanoes contribute a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere compared to humans?