Category Archives: Science

What I Learned from My Autistic Son: A Guest Post by Brenda Rothman

By Steve Silberman
Posted: April 1, 2013
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Health, Media, Neurodiversity, Science, Writers | 9 Comments

Music to Write By: 10 Top Authors Share Their Secrets for Summoning the Muse

By Steve Silberman
Posted: November 15, 2012
Category: Art, Books, Culture, Journalism, Media, Music, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Writers | 25 Comments

Five Billion Years of Solitude: Lee Billings on the Science of Reaching the Stars

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 2, 2012
Category: Exoplanets, Interview, Journalism, NASA, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Science Writing, Space flight, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Are Warnings About the Side Effects of Drugs Making Us Sick?

By Steve Silberman
Posted: July 16, 2012
Category: Culture, Drugs, Ethics, Health, Nocebo effect, Placebo effect, Science, Social networks | Tagged , , , , , | 21 Comments

Autism Awareness is Not Enough: Here’s How to Change the World

By Steve Silberman
Posted: April 2, 2012
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Culture, Education, Ethics, Genetics, Health, Media, Neurodiversity, Neuroscience, Politics, Science, Social networks, Technology | Tagged , | 44 Comments

Breaking the Habits that Enslave Us: Q&A with Charles Duhigg

By Steve Silberman
Posted: March 20, 2012
Category: Books, Culture, History, Interview, Journalism, Marriage Equality, Media, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Placebo effect, Race, Science, Social networks, Writers | Tagged , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Inside the Mind of a Synaesthete

By Steve Silberman
Posted: February 6, 2012
Category: Art, Books, Culture, Drugs, Genetics, Interview, Multimedia, Music, Neuroscience, Personal computing, Photography, Science, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 44 Comments

Book of the Year: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

By Steve Silberman
Posted: December 19, 2011
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Culture, Genetics, Health, History, Neurodiversity, Science, Science Writing, Social networks | 51 Comments

What’s the Most Important Lesson You Learned from a Teacher?

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 5, 2011
Category: Art, Autism, Books, Buddhism, Education, Journalism, Media, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Women, Writers | 41 Comments

An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine

By Steve Silberman
Posted: July 12, 2011
Category: Bacteria, Ethics, Health, Politics, Science, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 148 Comments