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.
Artists are producing tactile art for the vision-impaired and the blind.
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is spearheading a national no-kill shelter movement for cats and dogs.
A cave in France contains man’s earliest-known structures that had to be built by Neanderthals who were believed to be incapable of such things.
Billionaire Peter Thiel is the secret money behind Hulk Hogan’s Gawker lawsuit and why it matters.
Solar flares may have created the conditions that led to life on earth.
A company has received approval to try and partially revive brain-dead patients in India.
Why we get earworms and how to get rid of them.
New techniques in cryogenics may fundamentally affect the identity of the revived.
Already-created neural pathways make it hard to correct our mistakes going forward.
The Urban Confessional project offers free listening to anyone who has no one to talk to.
New research on the health of bee populations shows that things are still getting worse.
Our collective story is what makes sense of what we perceive.
The science behind choosing the right music for being productive.
Self-compassion is a better strategy for feeling good about yourself than the promotion of self-esteem.
Wikipedia collects its most unusual articles on a single, weirdly absorbing page.
A new report says errors by medical personnel are the third leading cause of deaths in the U.S.
Parents’ own fears are restricting their kids freedom, and it’s not a good thing.
About the ethical and legal issues surrounding post-mortem sperm collection.
Biocentrism is a theory that sees our lives as a string on unconnected Nows with no real time or death.
A new security technology identifies people by the sound of their skulls.
Scientists can see a spark at fertilization that has serious implications for in vitro.
Cats’ craziness is leftover instinctual behavior from living in the wild.
Scientists at University of California, Irving stumble across the secret to long-lasting rechargeable batteries.
Scientists have been able to render echolocation data to show what a dolphin sees.
The idea behind bitcoin is the blockchain and it’s quite a concept.
Flesh-eating West African Nile monitors have invaded Florida, presumably thanks to careless pet owners.
Scientists discover that a hidden underground network of fungi allows carbon to go from one tree to another.
NASA picked up a completely unexpected gamma-ray burst coming from the same black holes that proved gravitational waves.
20 cognitive biases in a chart that could keep you from making a bad decision.
The best way to solve a big problem is to think small.