Blogging The very best text message I have ever received 20 Nov 2014 I love my kids. About a week ago, I received the **very** best text message ever. It was from Andy, my then 13 year old son (who is already taller than me…
Blogging Chemical warfare in terrestrial flatworms – OUP blog 17 Nov 2014 Did you know that some terrestrial flatworms contain a pretty nasty toxin? Read about it in my latest OUP blogpost! ~~ Want to see more of the things I write?…
Blogging Angry atheists (or theists) make me a little angry – With a postcript 12 Nov 2014 This post is slightly updated with a postscript. Besides, I have not annoyed a lot of people in a while... (:-)
Blogging The First Brain Book Signing Event 12 Nov 2014 Society for Neuroscience 2014 Washington DC - "The First Brain" Hi! I wish to let you know that Oxford University Press will sponsor a book signing of my book "The…
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…
Blogging Ten things I have learned (about me, life and the universe) by watching Game of Thrones 12 Oct 2014 Yes, I watch Game of Thrones. Moreover, my wife and my daughter got me into it. Never watched it? Think Lord of the Rings with an NC-17 rating, so don't…
Blogging A really nice review of "The First Brain" 9 Oct 2014 A writer loves good reviews that praise her/his work. The kind of words that essentially means "you are doing something right". Dr. Ben MacFarland published such a review of my…
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…
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…
Blogging Holy cow: Autism and stress 12 Sep 2014 Wow. Just wow. I knew that autism is a BIG source of stress in a family, all the way from the precious child who has it to his/her siblings and…
Biology… Planarian pharmacology and toxicology research is taking off! (:-D) 9 Sep 2014 In a previous post (two years ago - 2012 - , almost at the point of my book publication), I explored the current trends on planarian pharmacology and toxicology (and…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – Edward O. Wilson 7 Sep 2014 To know more about him go here. Pubmed lists some 75 research papers of his. He also has about 25 books under his belt. The quote above is from his…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – Francis Crick 6 Sep 2014 Dr. Francis Crick of DNA fame. You can learn more about him here. I talked a little bit about him here. Credit: Baldscientist Want to see more of the things…
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,…
