Blogging Misunderstood 8 Jan 2015 *Sigh* You must have a certain degree of "skin thickness" to make your thoughts public. I know that I am not saying anything new, but it is a lesson that…
Blogging The Brightest Smile 8 Jan 2015October 21, 2020 You may know that I am a science fiction fan. In recent years, I have seen some popular TV shows that prominently display autistic characters in a positive way. Two…
Blogging Whohoooooooo – THANK YOU! 6 Jan 2015 Guess what is the #19 Best Seller in 30-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads - Top 100 Free stories at Amazon.com? Credit: Amazon Whohoooooooo - THANK YOU one and…
Blogging At amazon.com: My short story – Free for four days! / Mi historia corta – ¡Gratis por cuatro días! 5 Jan 2015 At amazon.com: My short story - Free for four days! / Mi historia corta - ¡Gratis por cuatro días! ENGLISH Free to download (Kindle format) from tomorrow, January 6 until…
Blogging The Baldscientist's blog up to 2014… Thank you, one and all! 4 Jan 2015 Dear all, Here's my "traditional" annual graph with my total views and average views per month vs the year. Thank you ever so much for reading me. You have no…
Blogging 6EQUJ5 – The mysterious "Wow!" signal 12 Dec 2014 The formal beginnings of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) The search for life (intelligent or not) "out there" is one of the most intriguing and interesting aspects of modern…
Blogging The Voice of the Heart – Free Sample / La Voz del Corazón – Muestra Gratis 6 Dec 2014 ENGLISH I recently self-published my first science fiction story. It is titled "The Voice of the Heart" and it is about a young autistic man and his father. Here are…
Blogging Book review: Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by Dr. Timothy Verstynen and Dr. Bradley Voytek 25 Nov 2014 Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain Hardcover–September 22, 2014 by Dr. Timothy Verstynen and Dr. Bradley Voytek Princeton University Press I loved this…
Blogging Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2014 22 Nov 2014 The Society for Neuroscience Meeting is probably the most attended scientific meeting in the world. it started in 1971 with about one thousand attendees. This year, the 2014 installment saw…
Blogging Random Musings – My Dad – Picture added! 21 Nov 2014 A couple of days ago I was at the supermarket and saw a science magazine. I bought it with the intention of sharing it with my youngest son, Andy, the…
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 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…
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 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… 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,…