
Robin Nixon Pompa
Robin Nixon is a former staff writer for Live Science. Robin graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Neuroscience and Behavior and pursued a PhD in Neural Science from New York University before shifting gears to travel and write. She worked in Indonesia, Cambodia, Jordan, Iraq and Sudan, for companies doing development work before returning to the U.S. and taking journalism classes at Harvard. She worked as a health and science journalist covering breakthroughs in neuroscience, medicine, and psychology for the lay public, and is the author of "Allergy-Free Kids; The Science-based Approach To Preventing Food Allergies," (Harper Collins, 2017). She will attend the Yale Writer’s Workshop in summer 2023.
Latest articles by Robin Nixon Pompa
Why We Save Stuff
By Robin Nixon published
People keep stuff not because they are excited about owning it.

Sing it Baby! Almost Everyone Can Carry a Tune
By Robin Nixon published
90 percent of the population can sing in-tune.
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