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.
Tiny fluctuations in old Kepler data reveals four runaway planets that are reminiscent of Earth.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Geologists discover a rhythm to major geologic events.
Laughing gas may be far more effective for some than antidepressants.
Metal-like materials have been discovered in a very strange place.
Researchers develop a fungus that kills mites that contribute to honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder.
The helicopter’s sixth mission almost went down in disaster.
Mastodons, rhinos, and even camels — all in the great state of California.
People who go ballistic over other people’s eating sounds aren’t just cranky — they have misophonia.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
Who needs steroids when you have the placebo effect?
Linguists discover 30 sounds that may have allowed communication before words existed.
A simple trick allowed marine biologists to prove a long-held suspicion.
Want to live 100+ years? You may need unusually good DNA repair.
Even with six months’ notice, we can’t stop an incoming asteroid.
Roughly the size of a thumbnail, this newly discovered toadlet has some anatomical surprises.
New machine-learning algorithms from Columbia University detect cognitive impairment in older drivers.
The size of rabbits and hares has long been evolutionarily constrained by competitors roughly their size.
A study from Carnegie Mellon University tracks the travels of tarantulas since the Cretaceous period.
How can researchers map something as complex as the human brain?
A study finds that sexual regret doesn’t change how we behave in the future.
About 359 million years ago, at the end of the last phase of the Devonian period, there was a mass extinction event or series of events. An estimated 70 to […]
The EmDrive turns out to be the “um…” drive after all, as a new study dubs any previous encouraging EmDrive results “false positives.”
Researchers find that the coffee pulp is valuable in its own right.
We can’t ask them, so scientists have devised an experiment.
A new study makes a compelling case for the origin of unexplained masses of underground rock causing changes to the Earth’s magnetic field.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago find that death triggers increased activity in certain brain cells.
Digitized logbooks from the 1800s reveal a steep decline in strike rate for whalers.
The bird demonstrates cutting-edge technology for devising self-folding nanoscale robots.
Scans show similar activity to what occurs when you think about yourself.