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.
Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old “giants” in Shandong Province.
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.
Your resting expression may reveal your socio-economic status.
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.
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?