Biology… Darwin Day – Planarians 12 Feb 2016 For Darwin Day 2016. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of it. This guy…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – V.S. Ramachandran 7 Feb 2016 It's been a while since I have posted a "great quote by a great scientist". Enjoy! (:-)... ~~ **If you like what I write, kindly spread the word about…
Blogging Autistic Monkeys – Ethical considerations 30 Jan 2016 Note added on Jan 30, 2016. Here is a link with an interesting article on the ethical considerations of this research: http://gizmodo.com/ethicists-voice-concerns-over-creation-of-humanized-au-1754939733 ~~~ Original post: “The laboratory monkeys run obsessively in…
Biology… Autistic monkeys 26 Jan 2016 “The laboratory monkeys run obsessively in circles, largely ignore their peers and grunt anxiously when stared at.” (My Italics and bold face) This is the very first line of a…
Blogging Almost, but not quite 1 Nov 2015October 17, 2020 Sometimes I think that I was born in the wrong century. Granted, I believe that almost everyone has felt like this at one time or another; I don't think I…
Blogging My Top Five 5 Oct 2015 I have been checking my blog's stats to try to determine the direction of Baldscientist. I am serious about writing and I want to determine which topic (s) I should concentrate…
Blogging Farewell, my friend 27 Sep 2015October 17, 2020 I am sad. My PhD advisor at Cornell University, Prof George Paul Hess, has passed away. He was 92. I met George in the late 1990s, when he collaborated with…
Blogging Some unusual predatory or defensive behaviors that I want to know more about 20 Sep 2015 This is a misleading title to say that least. The reason why is because (as hopeless as it is) I want to know waaaaaaaaaay many more things that the ones…
Blogging The Voice of the Heart – Free for 5 days! 5 Sep 2015 My autism // science fiction short story "The Voice of the Heart" will be available absolutely free for the next five days! You can get it here: http://www.amazon.com/Voice-Heart-science-fiction-autism-ebook/dp/B00O6P2S3M Or by…
Blogging Did you know? 14 Aug 2015 What are you interested about? What gets your intellectual juices flowing? One of the best-known scientists ever, Francis Crick, of DNA fame, once came up with a deceptively simple method…
Blogging Book Review – The Runes of Evolution by Simon Conway Morris 1 Aug 2015 Book review - The Runes of Evolution by Simon Conway Morris I loved this book. I hated this book. Simon Conway Morris is an accomplished biologist. From what I understand,…
Blogging Writer's block 27 Jul 2015 google.com I should be writing. For the past couple of days, I have been staring at the proverbial blank page, which in its modern form, is a word processing software…
Blogging Autism, vaccines, and amateur science – nope! 16 Jul 2015 Dear all, This is the first new post I have written in a while... Missed me? I hope so. May I ask you for a favor? I am trying to…
Blogging My four books on Kindle and how to get them 30 Jun 2015 Hello all! I have been asked whether my books are available in Kindle format and indeed they are! To check it out (you can download a free sample!) please click…
Blogging My favorite title, and the men who taught me how to deserve it. 21 Jun 2015October 21, 2020 ***Note: This post is an integration of two previous ones, and was originally written in 2015. ~~~~ Most of us have titles, nay, I'd say that all of us have…
Blogging My Favorite Title 13 Jun 2015 Most of us have titles, nay, I'd say that all of us have titles. In polite society titles are necessary. For example, my least favorite titles (when applied to me)…
Blogging A matter of perspective – some updating 20 May 2015 A matter of perspective - some updating 5/20/15 I should be working on my next book, I know. Instead, I am thinking about reading. Lately, I have found that I…
Blogging Para mis seguidores Hispanoparlantes… Entrevista en Espaňol 9 May 2015 El pasado noviembre en la reunión de la sociedad de neurociencias, el señor Luis Quevedo, periodista dedicado a las ciencias (NTN24, luisquevedo.org), me entrevistó sobre mis investigaciones, sobre my libro…
Blogging Brief reflections at the end of the academic year 8 May 2015May 13, 2024 I just graded my 'final' final exam for this semester. As soon as I report it, the academic year will end. The graduation ceremonies will be held this weekend and…
