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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.
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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.
One of CRISPR-cas9’s inventors has just announced the arrival of an inexpensive, portable diagnostic tool: SHERLOCK.
Biologists discover biofilms cooperating to share food.
Photographer Craig burrows reveals the secret colors of plants.
A new study predicts air-travel turbulence may occur over larger areas thanks to climate change.
United Airlines brutal ejection of a passenger to make room for their own employees crosses a line.
Psychologists sort human personalities into five traits, each of which you can score high or low on.
Researchers are bringing together imaging and AI to understand the variations, causes, and potential treatments of depression.
Researchers develop a graphene-based membrane that may make large-scale desalinization possible.
Jess Bering sees our ability to summon arousing recollections as the reason human sexuality is unique among animals.
A blacker-than-black coating reveals how our senses totally fail without input they understand.