Blogging… Coming up in 2017 31 Dec 2016 To say that 2016 was a weird year at both the personal and worldwide senses is quite an understatement. I won't comment on anything about the weirdness, as I want…
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… Of Blogging and Friendships 19 Feb 2016 This is a rather short post with some thoughts that I had today on the title's topic... True friendships are a blessing. They are also rare, and highly dependent on…
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…
Biochemistry… A few biological mysteries that really baffle me 22 Feb 2015 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…
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…
Biology… The exceptions of biology: square "bacteria" 18 Oct 2014 This is a very short post with something curious that I found... Whenever we think "bacteria", most of us immediately think of diseases, or, if you are a biologist or…
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… Planarians, Regeneration, and the Medicine of the Future – From Quarks to Quasars 20 Sep 2014 Hi! I would like to share a short interview/profile that the website "From Quarks to Quasars" (http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/) posted about The First Brain and yours truly. You can access the interview…
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,…
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… Nostalgia – The origins of my blog 27 Aug 2014 A couple of days ago I was organizing my home office, which makes me feel like Indiana Jones trying to cross a thick forest. I did find a couple of…
Biology… Some exceptions in biology: Worm-catching fungi 26 Aug 2014 Credit: microecos.wordpress.com When most of us hear the word "predator" in the context of the natural sciences, the first thing that comes to mind is something terrifying. Something with fangs,…
Biology… My daily moment of extreme nerdiness: Of Hallucigenia, velvet worms and water bears 19 Aug 2014 I am experiencing sheer, pure nerdiness, and I am loving every minute of it. Before I get into topic, I want to categorically state that I am a proud nerd.…
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"…
Blogging… Dr. Tyson and Philosophy 14 May 2014January 31, 2024 Disclaimer: I am no philosopher. I have never even had a course on the topic, I know next to nothing about it. Pretty much what I know about it is…
Biology… The Biodiversity of the Universe 5 Apr 2014 I am fully aware that life as we know it, as it is manifested on Earth, is by far represented by microorganisms. Bacteria and related organisms are the ones that…
Biochemistry… What does the title “Doctor” really mean? 22 Oct 2013September 11, 2023 One does not absolutely need mentors to succeed in life (I stand corrected; see comments), particularly in scientific life, but a good mentor makes the process much easier! I was…
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…
