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 long-lost eight wonder of the world may have just been found in New Zealand.
A new study suggests implanted pig cells may alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Education executive Jeff Livingston makes the case that our old higher-educational model is obsolete for our current reality.
Six destructive myths about depression and why they’re not true.
Researchers may have discovered the oldest homo sapiens yet, in Morocco.
Scientists are starting to run for office to bring evidence-based reasoning back to government.
New studies show that friendships more often lead to happiness in old age than family.
Bob Dylan finally presents his Nobel prize acceptance speech.
Silicon Valley insiders are voicing concerns about programmers’ deliberate attempts to turn users into addicts.
When you have a decision to make, a behavioral psychologist suggests you ask yourself what you’d advise a friend making this choice.
New study suggests chronic sleep-deprivation causes overactivity in the brain’s self-cleaning mechanism, leading to the destruction of healthy cells.
Poachers, hunters, and collectors are targeting animals on the endangered species list for their rarity.
A physicist has an experiment to see if the mind operates on a quantum level.
Time-management tips from someone who should know how to reduce your cognitive load: a neuroscientist.
Poaching is acting as unnatural selection in favoring tuskless African elephants.
Will Smith defends entry of non-theatrical Netflix movies at Cannes.
University of Houston researchers discover a catalyst that may make commercial-scale hydrogen extraction from water possible.
Visualization of how the average working American adult spends the days of his or her life.
Astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell explains why we shouldn’t be afraid of alien visitors.
Hampshire College appoints some slime molds as scholars-in-residence.
Machine learning and predictive AI are changing the way we operate our devices and machines.
The global rise in meat consumption is accelerating climate change.
Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests that longevity isn’t what concerns him so much as living what time he has well.
If people figured out how to get along before religion, asks Frans de Waal, do we really need it?
A new study suggests that more anorexia and bulimia victims recover than was previously thought.
A case in which a judge used an undisclosed software algorithm to determine a defendant’s sentence has caught the interest of the U.S. Supreme Court.
An accidental discovery may lead to a vaccine-like treatment for depression and PTSD.
Alain De Botton talks about the danger of succumbing to “status anxiety” that leaves you caring too much how others judge your value.
Netflix’s new teen suicide drama has parents and many mental-health experts terrified.
Three massive mergers threaten to put control of the world’s food in dangerously few hands.