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.
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.
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.
A mysterious, unidentifed, low-frequency hum as been baffling people for years.
We may be able to harness our own "data exhaust" to do great things.
John Eliot Gardiner looks at what we know if Johan Sebastian Bach's argumentative life.
Kevin Dutton presents the warning signs that someone close to you is a psychopath.
Comedian Ruby Wax explains the brain like no one else.
A Tibetan artist explains what's at the center of a Buddhist wheel of life.
Steven Kotler explains what happens in your brain at aha moments.
High-wire artists Phillippe Petit says mistakes are our very best teachers.
Elon Musk is confident that the electric car's future is solar-powered.