Biodiversity… Playing with wormies, 2025 16 Apr 2025April 16, 2025 Forth those of you who do not know me, I want to share with you one of my favorite research subjects, a particular type of invertebrates (more precisely, flatworms) generically…
Biodiversity… The Improbability of YOU 7 Nov 2023November 8, 2024 I am always thinking about something. One thing I’ve been thinking about is how common it is to hear people state that each of us is unique and unrepeatable; we…
Biochemistry… SNAKES AND HYPERTENSION 24 Mar 2022April 6, 2025 No, this post is not about how your blood pressure rises when surprised by a snake. Instead, this is a narration of the discovery of one of the most successful…
Biodiversity… Book Review – Of Books and Beasts: A Cryptozoologist’s Library 1 Feb 2022February 1, 2022 I fell in love with scientific cryptozoology ever since I discovered Bernard Heuvelmans’ work when I was in college in the early 1980s. In the spirit of full disclosure, I…
Biodiversity… Master Jedi Flatworm 17 Jan 2022 I wanted to share with you something I think is very cool. If you are one of my regular readers, you know that I like science fiction and flatworm research,…
Astrobiology… The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 007 – International Bestselling Author Peter Cawdron – Part 2 28 Feb 2021February 28, 2021 To access the podcast, please go here. **Peter’s website: thinkingscifi.wordpress.com **Peter’s Amazon Author page: amazon.com/Peter-Cawdron/e/B00600L9FO **The anthology where Peter published a story (Life on Mars) with my future grandson and…
Biodiversity… The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 006 – International Bestselling Author Peter Cawdron – Part 1 21 Feb 2021February 21, 2021 To access the episode, please go here. Episode notes I must thank you in advance for you kindness and patience with me. This is the very first time that I…
Biochemistry… Some biological mysteries that baffle me 6 Dec 2020December 16, 2020 Biology is a part of science that does not lack mystery. In fact, I think that the less "mathematical" a branch of science is, the more mystery is bound to…
Asimov… Book Review: 3zekiel by Peter Cawdron 24 Aug 2019 Full disclosure: **I am Peter Cawdron’s fan and friend, and I credit him for making me reading for pleasure again. **"Monsters" is still my favorite Cawdron's novel and I still…
Biodiversity… I need a “happy tears” emoji… 11 Mar 2019 I need a “happy tears” emoji... Someone told me today that reading my “Strange Survivors” made them gain a new respect for evolution... 😊😊😊 Thank you! ~~ **To subscribe to…
Biodiversity… God has a divine sense of humor 26 Feb 2019December 12, 2020 God indeed has a peerless sense of humor. A few months ago, a friend and colleague, Dr. Eric Sweet, asked me if I would be interested to give a short…
Biodiversity… Faith Across the Multiverse – Book review 28 Dec 2018 There are very few books that I'll read twice or more. This will be one of them. In the spirit of full disclosure, I must state that I consider myself…
Biodiversity… Book review – Origin, by Dan Brown 28 Jul 2018October 28, 2020 I like how Dan Brown writes. Digital Fortress and Deception Point are two of my favorite novels. I also like his "Robert Langdon series", and I was very excited to…
Biodiversity… Why do I write about flatworms with the layperson in mind? 2 Jun 2018October 16, 2020 We live in a society that is absolutely dependent on the fruits of science and technology yet a significant fraction of our population (and more crucially, many people in power)…
Biodiversity… Book review – Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence 9 May 2018 This short book is a very good introduction to the emerging field of the study of plant "intelligence". I have to put the term between quotes because as currently defined,…
Biodiversity… Book review – Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You 29 Apr 2018 I wanted to like this book. I really did. I have become very much interested on microorganisms and I am trying to learn as much as I can about them.…
Autism… Baldscientist’s Blog 11 Jun 2017 Hi Everyone! I am trying to increase my blog's audience, and I need your feedback and help. What is (are) your preferred topic (s) here? What would you like to…
Biodiversity… Guest posts at the Oxford University Press’ blog : Toxic Flatworms 7 Jun 2017October 24, 2020 Hi! I don't know how did this went pass me. A couple of years ago I reported about a cool paper on some toxic land planarians. It appeared at the…
Autism… Baldscientist’s Blog: Updated look 4 Jun 2017 Updated look and more information on my upcoming projects! Check it out at baldscientist.wordpress.com. Share away, pretty please? Thanks! (:-D ~~~ **If you like what I write, kindly spread the…
Biodiversity… Happy Darwin Day 2017 11 Feb 2017 Happy Darwin day! For Darwin Day 2017. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of…
