Biology… A heartfelt farewell to an outstanding educator, scientist, colleague and friend 7 Dec 2012 A couple of months ago I lost a wonderful colleague and friend, Dr. Richard Ira Woodruff (Dick). His professional achievements are listed here. In this brief post, I just want…
Education… A Baldscientist's Lab update – It's bittersweet 30 Nov 2012 This has been a bittersweet year for the Baldscientist Research Group. You see, part of my role as the head of a university research group is to try to help…
Education… Here we go again – Of politics and science 19 Nov 2012 I should know better by now, but today, a politician's answer when asked a science question about a fundamental, well-understood matter made my blood boil. The question was simple enough;…
Biology… Plantimals 26 Oct 2012 For reasons that we are not getting into right now (if you are curious, is because of the second law of thermodynamics), all living organisms need energy, no exceptions. This…
Education… My first research group (2006) 1 Oct 2012 I was looking for a file in my computer and I found this picture of my first research group... So many good memories. They have made me so proud! They…
Biology… An oldie but a goddie, for those of you who are new to Baldscientist 28 Sep 2012 An oldie but a goddie, for those of you who are new to Baldscientist. Planarians in science fiction? Feel free to check my About page and to "Like" Baldscientist in…
Biology… She says ‘periwinkle’, I say ‘blue’… 15 Sep 2012 She says ‘periwinkle’, I say ‘blue’ (The invasion of the tetrachromats) The way we perceive our world is a mere representation of reality (for an example, see this) that our…
Biology… I am getting annoyed at all those "-omes" and -"omics"! 7 Sep 2012 I am very, very sorry, but I am sick of all those "-omes" and -"omics"... I have said more than once that nature, especially the biology part, is majestic. In…
Biology… BOOK REVIEW – Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist 12 Aug 2012 This is a review originally posted by me at amazon.com. --- Dr. Koch is a biophysicist by training who works primarily in computational neuroscience, with special interest in consciousness; he…
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…
Biology… BOOK REVIEW – The Future of Life 4 Aug 2012 I wanted to bring to your attention one of my favorite books. Even though it was published some time ago, if anything, it is more relevant today. THE FUTURE OF…
Biology… Update on: Believe or not, this blog post is about statistics, the human brain and common sense 22 Jun 2012 After reading the paper mentioned here, I have a much better understanding of what it is really about. I you remember my original post, a blog post in The Guardian…
Biology… Believe or not, this blog post is about statistics, the human brain and common sense 2 Jun 2012 UPDATE - The corresponding author of the paper, Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel kindly sent me a reprint of the paper. It was worth the wait; VERY interesting! After I read it…
Education… Petition for open access of government-funded research 1 Jun 2012 Update: I think that the petition will go forward, because it reached more than 26,000 signatures... -------- A group of people at access2research.org put together a petition to the Obama…
Biology… Why I use planaria in my research 24 Apr 2012 Life has a way of surprising you. If you had asked me ten years ago what type of research I'd be doing now I would probably have said something like…
Biology… Brain Awareness Week at Philadelphia 18 Mar 2012 Last Thursday I volunteered at a very interesting national event, the Brain Awareness Week (BAW). The BAW is “…an inspirational global campaign that unites those who share an interest in…
Biology… Of planaria and . . . Elephants? 11 Feb 2012 I love the world wide web. For better or worse, today it is easier than ever to obtain information. This is especially important for science, because in science, information is…
Education… Scientific Genealogy – Updated 26 Jan 2012 I have said before that I am a non-traditional student. I had the opportunity to go back to school as an adult to work on my dream of earning a…
Biology… Baldscientist's Research Group 24 Jan 2012 Here is my research group - January 2012 - We like to play with flatworms!!!!!!
Biology… Intelligent Design my … behind 15 Jan 2012 Right off the bat, I want to apologize for the title of this post. I do not usually swear nor use this type of language, but this is exactly how…
