Blogging… My next book! 2 Jun 2017 Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life BenBella Books (February 27, 2018) ISBN-13: 978-1944648589 ISBN-10: 1944648585 From the publisher: “In the evolutionary arms race that…
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…
Blogging… Book Review: We are all stardust by Stefan Klein 27 Jan 2017 We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know. Stefan Klein (Author), Ross Benjamin (Translator) Kindle Edition…
Blogging… A little bit about me, some of my favorite books, and a couple of shameless plugs… 12 Jan 2017 A few years ago I was honored by the invitation to contribute to a now defunct blog, the 5readsblog. The idea was great, and I even saw the favorite five…
Blogging… Why I write about science – 2017 Edition 5 Jan 2017 Sometimes it is very difficult to explain how an idea is born. This is the case for my idea of start writing the Baldscientist blog. Scientists are educators, period. I…
Biology… This is what writers live for… A story about “The First Brain” 27 Nov 2016 Hello again! I wanted to tell you a wonderful story that warms my heart as an educator as well as a writer. It is about my book The First Brain. I have…
Blogging… Book Review: Finding God in the Waves 15 Oct 2016 Book Review: Finding God in the Waves by Mike McHargue It’s funny. As I was reading this book I felt very much like I was riding a proverbial wave; up-and-down, up-and…
Blogging… My book reviews so far, and other goodies… 15 Jul 2016 Hi everyone! you know that one of the things that I like to do here is to post book reviews. For your convenience and your reading pleasure, here are the…
Blogging… Book Review: The Sting of the Wild 2 Jul 2016May 2, 2021 This is a most enjoyable book, written by a scientist who really knows his stuff. Moreover, he loves his chosen research area. His fascination with the topic is more than…
Blogging… Useless book reviews 1 Jul 2016 This one is not a proper blog post. It's more of a comment on something I saw that was quite amusing. It somehow reminded me of this political season. I love…
Blogging… Happy birthday Carl Sagan! 9 Nov 2014 Today, one of my scientific heroes would have celebrated his 80th birthday. Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan. He was what I aspire to be, a practicing scientist and science communicator. He…
Books… Some aspects of the evolution of "The First Brain" 29 Sep 2014 Yes, this is yet another post about my book...(:-)... I found some old notes and my first scribbles about the epilogue. I wanted to share them with you... I recently…
Blogging… Book Review: My Sweet Satan by Peter Cawdron 14 Sep 2014November 1, 2020 Full disclosure: **I am Peter Cawdron’s fan and friend, and I credit him for making me reading for pleasure again. **Peter sent me an advance copy of the novel (one…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – James V. McConnell 6 Sep 2014 Credit: Baldscientist Dr. James V. McConnell, psychologist and the "grandfather" of the modern era of the study of planarian behavior. For more information you can go here and here. Also,…
Biology… November 16, 2008: The day I met a Nobel laureate 😊. 4 Sep 2014February 20, 2021 The Nobel prizes are arguably the most famous awards that celebrate intellectual achievements (with the exception of the Peace prize, which should be the MOST important and relevant one, but…
Blogging… Neuronal man, Neuronal Worm – The tricky business of "titling" a book.. 1 Sep 2014 A couple of posts ago, I showed you a picture of one of my notebooks with some scribbles about the idea for a blog. I also found some notes on…
Blogging… Don't know why, but the price of the Kindle version of The First Brain is reduced! 26 Jul 2014 Don't know why but the price of the Kindle version of The First Brain is reduced! Not my doing; I do not control it... (:-) If you have read it,…
Blogging… A matter of perspective 19 Jul 2014 I should be working on three papers that are almost done, one of them in fact, has been accepted with minor changes. I have two more in a less "developed"…
Biology… Do you believe in molecules? 1 Sep 2013 Molecules are entities composed of at least two atoms, organized in specific ways; they are really small things, and that’s no joke. I would not blame you one bit if you…
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…
