Robby Berman
I’m a writer, musician, and father living in the very upper Midwest with my wife, two daughters, three 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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The U.N. Finds Extreme Poverty and Human Rights In an Unexpected Place
The UN has commissioned a study of extreme poverty in the most of one of the world’s wealthiest nations, the United States.
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Scientists Link 2 Genes to Homosexuality in Men
Scientists identify for the first time two specific genes that may foster a predisposition for being gay in men.
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The Earth’s First Self-Declared Space Kingdom Is Orbiting Overhead
The first component of a planned “space kingdom” has been launched into orbit.
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It Was the Dress in 2015. In 2017 It's the Silent Gif People Can Hear.
A silent gif is sweeping the web because many people think they can hear it.
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Were These Well-Known Gender Studies Just Made Up?
The researcher behind some well-known gender studies is accused of making them all up.
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The Periodic Table of All of the Exoplanets Found So Far
The Planetary Habitability Laboratory has made up some periodic tables of all of the confirmed and suspected exoplanets so far, plus planetary bodies in our own solar system.
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Did Modern Humans Come from China as Much as from Africa?
A reappraisal of the Chinese Dali skull suggest a more prominent role for China in early human history.
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The Interstellar Object Passing By Is Not Like Anything We’ve Seen
For the first time, an object from outside our solar system is observed traveling through our neighborhood.
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Graphene May Someday Power the World
Scientists have discovered an endless energy supply in the naturally occurring Brownian motion of graphene.
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We Now Know Definitively What Yeti Are
Comprehensive DNA sequencing of artifacts reveals the yeti to be bears, mostly Himalayan brown bears.