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.
NASA finds 50,000 year-old bacteria alive inside gigantic crystals in a Mexican mine.
Jonathon Keats proposes a “Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative” to help return the favor after taking so many great ideas from them.
Some people are just as afraid of eternal life as non-existence.
What does it mean for spooky action at a distance if distances aren’t real, but just the way they look to us?
A series of spelling errors has educated Trump opponents laughing.
Maslow never got around to publishing the final tier of his pyramid: self-transcendence.
A study of the zinc left behind at a plutonium blast site shows that it’s identical to what’s in moon rocks, supporting the idea of an explosive lunar origin.
An affectionate sendoff for popular beloved global-health statistician Hans Rosling.
Are virtual assistants teaching children to be nasty?
The idea that reality is comprised of atoms and space goes way, way back.
Scientists and Imogen Heap team up to create the perfect song to make a baby happy.
How an ancient text, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, may be influencing the actions of powerful Trump advisor Steve Bannon.
A new brain-to-computer interface lets completely locked-in patients tell us how they feel for the first time.
UPS avoids left-hand turns because SCIENCE, also increased risk of accidents and delays.
A study reveals the surprising pattern of pattern-completing connections in the hippocampus.
Francis Collins of the NIH suggests there’s no conflict between science and religion because they ask different questions.
A new generation of tabletop physics devices may be the next forefront for breakthrough discoveries.
Scientists are planning a Scientists’ March on Washington on April 22 to protest the Trump administration’s anti-science policies.
University of California, Davis researchers announce the disappointing results of their implantation of human stem cells in pigs.
New Here One earbuds aim to bring enhanced human hearing to market.
Scientific American video explains the evolutionary value of human emotions.
A new genetic study sees us getting gently stupider over time.
Study finds that bacteria can communicate electrically through out the body.
Neuroscientist David Linden says the human need for love is actually the indirect result of our inefficient neurons.
A superbug that resisted all available bacteria kills a woman in Reno, Nevada.
Astrophysicist Michael J. I. Brown offers some guidelines for identifying fake or bad science.
Hilarious examples that prove how correlation does not equal causality.
Philosopher Alva Noë says there’s a big problem with neuroscience: It assumes brains produce consciousness.
An astronomer thinks he sees the next red nova about to happen, and when.
New study suggests many people select mates who share their height and BMI.