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… Some exceptions in biology: Poisonous birds 24 Aug 2014 Credit: snakebuddies.net The drawing above is a rather accurate representation of a saying that I read a few months ago: "If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If…
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 The exceptions of biology 18 Aug 2014 Credit: Stanford University I like stating in my lectures that biology is a science of exceptions. This in no way invalidates the rules; rather, they give us a new appreciation…
Blogging The Importance of having a healthy brain 17 Aug 2014 This is a reblog of my baby girl's blog... She likes the brain too; chip of the old blog! (:-D
Blogging Late night thoughts: Why do I write? 17 Aug 2014 I can't sleep. In my corner of the world is past 3am. I was reading. Then, out of the blue, I decided to write. Why do I write? Credit: edutech4teachers.edublogs.org…
Blogging A little bit of pharmacology: Why do we have to take one medicine every six hours and another one twice a day? 17 Aug 2014 In a previous post I defined what pharmacology is and explored what a dose-response relationship is. Here's a little bit more of pharmacology. We are all familiar with the various…
Blogging Slight update – Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" 14 Aug 2014 If you have read The First Brain, I would ***really*** like to hear from you, especially what can I do better. If you have any questions about it just leave…
Blogging In praise of invertebrate brains 12 Aug 2014 A philosophical question (sorry NDT!): Can the brain understand the brain? Of course, what I really mean is whether we humans will be aver able to understand our own brain.…
Blogging My weird thought of today – Aug 5, 2014 5 Aug 2014 My weird thought of today - Aug 5, 2014 "Science does not exist" ? I even put it in writing. If you want to know more, it is in chapter…
Blogging… My weird thought of today… 1 Aug 2014February 20, 2022 My weird thought of today: What if for an artificial mind, calculating irrational numbers is a psychoactive drug, and dividing by zero is suicide? Wikimedia Commons ~~~~~~~ *You can subscribe…
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"…
Blogging Not quite about religion, maybe about belief 13 Jul 2014 As the title of this post says, this is not about religion, but maybe (actually pretty much) about belief. However, I will talk about "belief" in a general sense, nothing…
Blogging Flatworm eyes and mitochondria 11 Jul 2014 This is no empty statement: Science, especially biology never ceases to amaze me. I was researching a couple of topics to talk to you guys about. It has been a…
Blogging Uh oh… (:-/) 9 Jul 2014 Today I started the evolution section of my summer general biology course. I was talking about how the concept of evolution is not necessarily incompatible with spirituality or religious beliefs.…
Blogging Book Review: The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr 29 Jun 2014 The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science Will Storr I am writing this past 1am, I just finished reading it and I could not wait to write my impressions.…
