Blogging Great quotes by great scientists – Carl Sagan 5 Sep 2014 C'mon, you have not heard of Carl Sagan?!?!?!? Go here to know more! Would you help me spread the word about my blog? Share Baldscientist with your friends! Thanks!!!!! (:-)…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – Christian De Duve 4 Sep 2014 Credit: Baldscientist Dr. Christian De Duve, (1917-2013), 1974 Nobelist, author of some 175 papers (pubmed.com), numerous essays and book chapters, as well as several books (translated into several languages) including:…
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 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… 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 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 My six favorite science fiction novels 24 May 2014 It is no secret that I love science fiction. I have said so many times here and elsewhere. If you want to know some of my reasons, you can read…
Blogging Book review: Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Dr. Seth Shostak 22 May 2014 Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Dr. Seth Shostak I am sooooo behind in my reading... Even though this book was published close to…
Blogging Book quote – Book giveaway T – 2 days! 8 May 2014 "I simply must say it: planarian scientists are the best."-The First Brain, page 109. Don't miss the giveaway! It ends on May 11th. A little more than 2 days away!…
Blogging Scientific American and the Worm 25 Apr 2014 If you like science, you know of Scientific American (SciAm). This is a science magazine that has been around in one form or another since 1848. From what I’ve seen,…
Blogging The extraordinary world of flatworms 9 Apr 2014 Oxford University Press has one of the most widely read academic blogs in the world. The marketing team for "The First Brain" (TFB) surprised me with an entry about the book…
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…
