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.
Ten days before he died, Stephen Hawking published a final paper with a way to prove or disprove the multiverse.
The Plasmodium Consortium seeks to get answers to America’s problems from slime molds.
A new startup has a method for preserving a brain’s memories when it’s frozen for future uploading.
A new study finds that supposedly healthier standing desks cause physical pain and slow down users’ thinking.
The Nonhuman Rights Project turns to philosophy to persuade courts to honor chimpanzees’ rights.
Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible.
Research shows that the U.S. has more food allergies than other nations though it’s not clear why. The good news: For one of the worst allergies, peanuts, there’s promising news.