Robby Berman

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.
Cognitive scientist Donald H. Hoffman asserts that not only do we invent our own personal views of reality, it’s an evolutionary necessity.
A massive chart of humankind’s 113 spacecraft so far and where they’ve gone.
A researcher is experimenting with an artificial hippocampus to learn how to strengthen and store memories.l 
The first clinical trials on humans of CRISPR-Cas9-edited genes has begun in China.
Scientists explain why explosive, disruptive magnetic reconnections occur so mystifyingly often.
Biologists debate adding a controversial new aspect to the understanding of evolution.
An upcoming, massive “atlas of the underworld” will allow geologists to rewind geologic time.