Blogging As the semester starts, an oldie, but a goodie… 11 Aug 2013 In celebration of the beginning of another academic semester, I updated one of my previous posts about some of the "greatest" questions I've been asked by a student... You can…
Blogging Book Review: Letters to a Young Scientist 8 Aug 2013 A delightful little book from a true Master. Dr. Edward O. Wilson is one of my favorite scientists and science writers and he is equally gifted in both careers. About…
Blogging Making heads in regeneration-deficient planarians 3 Aug 2013 The august 1, 2013 issue of the journal "Nature" featured papers from three independent research groups that threw some light on the question "... why are some planarians species better…
Blogging Encyclopedia Galactica – SIMF 29 Jul 2013 For my latest post in the "Science in my Fiction" blog click here. (:-) Or go here: http://scienceinmyfiction.com/2013/07/29/i-do-not-think-that-there-is-an-encyclopedia-galactica-and-that-makes-me-sad/
Blogging The Klingon Shrew 28 Jul 2013October 29, 2020 The Romulans and the Klingons are the quintessential Stark Trek Villains. Klingons in particular are usually portrayed as fearsome and strong warriors, essentially without equal. They remind me of the…
Blogging My first post from Europe: Hasselt University, Belgium 29 Jun 2013 This week I travelled to Diepenbeek, Belgium, home of Hasselt University, in the Province of Limburg, Flanders. Hasselt U is about an hour drive from Brussels and is a hotspot…
Blogging… The best way to teach me 19 Jan 2013 My oldest son had to work on a research project at school. We are not sure if he chose the topic or whether the teacher assigned it, but his project…
Blogging Autism and love 3 Jan 2013April 18, 2021 In previous posts, I have written a little bit about autism, specifically in the light of some of the experiences that I have had with it as a parent. Some…
Autism… The year in posts: Some 2012 Highlights… 31 Dec 2012 The year 2012 will be gone in a few hours, at least from the perspective of my corner of the planet. As I am writing this, there are ongoing celebrations…
Biology… To model a flock of birds or a school of fish – The real thing? 27 Dec 2012 One of the most beautiful and awe-worthy show in nature is to observe a school of fish or a flock of birds, with their exquisite coordination between all its members…
Blogging Horrible 15 Dec 2012 I was planning to write a couple of my usual science posts, but I just cannot. Anything that anyone can say is absolutely irrelevant in comparison with the tragedy that…
Blogging… Random thoughts: We are only able to see the past 15 Nov 2012 Imagine that you are taking a walk. You are in no hurry and therefore you have time to observe what's around you. What you may not realize is that everything…
Biology… Why write about science? 2018 Edition 5 Aug 2012 “Not explaining Science seems to me perverse. When you are in love, you want to tell the whole world.” -Carl Sagan Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an…
Blogging Views of the Baldscientist blog by country 13 Jun 2012 Wordpress has many great features, but one of the coolest ones is a map showing the views of your blog's website by country. Here is a summary of mine, with…
