An oldie but a goddie, for those of you who are new to Baldscientist

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An oldie but a goddie, for those of you who are new to Baldscientist.
Planarians in science fiction?
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I am a husband, a father of three, and a baldie, who also happens to be a pretty good (I hope) University Professor and Researcher. My undergraduate degree is in General Science, and my MS is in Biochemistry, both from the University of Puerto Rico. My PhD is in Pharmacology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology, from Cornell University. I love science! (do I really need to say it?) In this blog, I mainly talk about science, especially to non-scientists, but from time to time I explore topics like how is it like to raise a boy with autism, science fiction, education, etc. I am usually able to give these and other topics a scientific twist. I also blog about my favorite (non-human) types of organisms, the flatworms, especially planarians. I use planarians as animal models in pharmacology. If you’d like to see my papers so far, click here. Even though I am well published in scientific journals, I got the popular science writing bug relatively recently. I am a scientist who writes, and I have published three book so far. I hope you enjoy my posts. The opinions expressed in this blog are mine alone. They do not represent the views of my employer, my wife, my children, my parents & siblings, or Chuck Darwin…

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  3. There are a lot of things in nature that one can look at and imagine science fiction writers got their inspiration from, though a flatworm was not really one I would have thought of! It’s very interesting to find someone likes flatworms. I remember studying these and thinking how cool it was they regenerate. Now, thinking about what is the original worm and what is not, or are both original, I think I’m getting a headache! Only kidding–love your imagine here.

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    1. @Reality: Thank you for your kind words! Yes, it was very amusing to me to find this similarity. I have always been a science fiction fan and I happen to use flatworms as part of my own scientific research. I wonder if any of the people that designed the new cylon raiders had a biology background! I am actually inquiring about it for a book I am writing… stay tuned!

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