Biology… My planned episode lineup for The Baldscientist Podcast – Sept/Oct 2020 3 Sep 2020September 20, 2020 Hello there! Here's my planned episode lineup for The Baldscientist Podcast for Sept/Oct 2020: Episode 002: "Does Science Exist (And other goodies)?" Episode 003: "So, you want to write about…
Blogging Baldscientist blog: A new chapter 10 Aug 2020August 10, 2020 Hello everyone! I hope you and yours are healthy and safe. This year will be the tenth (!) anniversary of this blog. For a variety of reasons that we will…
About Who am I? I am a husband, a father of three, and a baldie, who also happens to be a pretty good (I hope) University Professor and Researcher. My undergraduate…
Doctor… The Master and Dr. Who 2 Mar 2020May 17, 2021 January is here! I am getting ready to watch (what I hope is) the season premiere of Dr. Who 😃. Reviewing the latest episodes, I am reliving the pleasure of…
Biochemistry… I got ink … Science Ink! 19 Mar 2019May 27, 2024 I got ink today! (Well, in March 2019...😁) Honestly, I do not know if this is a mid-life crisis thing. If it is, well... *It is way cheaper than a…
Biodiversity… Why do I write about flatworms with the layperson in mind? 2 Jun 2018October 16, 2020 We live in a society that is absolutely dependent on the fruits of science and technology yet a significant fraction of our population (and more crucially, many people in power)…
Blogging… Strange Survivors is here! 7 Feb 2018 A little teaser of "Strange survivors": “Why should you read this book? In a nutshell, because the living world is majestic and awe inspiring, and because by learning about it…
Biology… At the Santa Fe Institute 19 Dec 2017September 8, 2020 One of the main desires that a scientist has (yes, we have wants and desires just like everyone else!) is to be recognized by other scientists. I got a taste…
Biodiversity… Guest posts at the Oxford University Press’ blog : Toxic Flatworms 7 Jun 2017October 24, 2020 Hi! I don't know how did this went pass me. A couple of years ago I reported about a cool paper on some toxic land planarians. It appeared at the…
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… 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…
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…
Biodiversity… The Biodiversity of the Universe – 2018 edition 22 May 2016 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…
Biology… “Miseducation” in 140 characters or less 12 Mar 2016 Last night I had a lot of fun, quite unexpectedly too. It all started when Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweeted this: Now, I never followed him until last night, so…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – Francis Crick 16 Feb 2016 This is a really good one, from the codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, Dr. Francis Crick. He was a true "scientists' scientist". I surely do not have to tell…
Blogging My four books on Kindle and how to get them 30 Jun 2015 Hello all! I have been asked whether my books are available in Kindle format and indeed they are! To check it out (you can download a free sample!) please click…
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 Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" – Updated 18 Feb 2015 Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" - Updated If you have read The First Brain, I would ***really*** like to hear from you, especially what can I…
Blogging Very grateful for a wonderful review of my first book … 12 Jan 2015 A really wonderful review of The First Brain was just published. Here's the text and reference of it, reproduced by kind permission of the author: ========= Pagán, Oné R. The…
