Biodiversity… The Improbability of YOU 7 Nov 2023November 8, 2024 I am always thinking about something. One thing I’ve been thinking about is how common it is to hear people state that each of us is unique and unrepeatable; we…
Science Checking in 13 Aug 2023 Hi, it’s been a while! I hope that you, the two and a half faithful readers of Baldscientist, are well. All’s better on my side of this life. It has…
Biology… Great Quotes by Great Scientists – Roger Sperry 19 Jan 2022January 19, 2022 BTW, this is an MRI pic of my own brain; yes, once again, I have one! ~~~~ I'm still fixing dead links. If you run into one, please let me…
Biology… Random and somewhat unorganized thought, plus a pic of my brain 11 Aug 2021August 11, 2021 I do not why, but I caught myself thinking something like this: "Our senses allow us to explore and to some extent understand our world, but when we rely just…
Blogging… Dollar store philosophy 2. A peek at the opening of Plato’s Cave 2 Jan 2021January 2, 2021 In a previous post I very briefly expressed some thoughts about how close are mathematical models to actual reality, using the examples of a bird flock and a school of…
Biology… I am a scientist who writes 29 Jun 2019 **This is the second installment of a blog post series about professional scientists who think about popular science writing, at the request of a valued colleague.** ~ To the 2…
Biochemistry… Liquid Brains, Solid Brains 13 Apr 2019 I am very honored to share with you the upcoming publication (April 22 - online) of a collection of papers with ideas discussed in the working Group Liquid Brains, Solid…
Biology… I hope God remembers 9 Feb 2019October 1, 2020 I want to feel hopeful, but sometimes are easier than others.I unapologetically wish that I'd have faith in "something more" than this life, as much as I love living it.…
Blogging… Book Review: Medical Neurobiology – 2nd Edition 20 Jun 2017December 22, 2020 Medical Neurobiology Dr. Peggy Mason Oxford University Press; 2 edition (March 15, 2017) ISBN-13: 978-0190237493 ~ Probably the best way for me to tell you about Dr. Mason’s book is…
Biodiversity… I loooooove invertebrates … 5 Feb 2017December 2, 2020 In general, for a variety of technical and physiological reasons, terrestrial invertebrates do not tend to grow very large. Here is one of the coolest exceptions: Picture credit: Dr. F.…
Biology… This is what writers live for… A story about “The First Brain” 27 Nov 2016 Hello again! I wanted to tell you a wonderful story that warms my heart as an educator as well as a writer. It is about my book The First Brain. I have…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – V.S. Ramachandran 7 Feb 2016 It's been a while since I have posted a "great quote by a great scientist". Enjoy! (:-)... ~~ **If you like what I write, kindly spread the word about…
Blogging “The voice of the heart”; – Autism and Science Fiction 6 May 2015April 18, 2021 The Voice of the Heart is my first try at science fiction. The story is about an autistic young man and his father, who used a rather creative strategy to…
Blogging Memory research using planarians 26 Mar 2015 Planarians are truly experiencing a "Golden Age" of neuroscientific discovery. Here is a link to a very well-written and interesting article by the journalist Arielle Duhaime-Ross. I have the honor…
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 "The First Brain: The Neuroscience of Planarians" – Table of Contents 9 Feb 2015 INTRODUCTION PART I – FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1. Science Chapter 2. Biomedical Research PART II – THE SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN Chapter 3. An introduction to the neurosciences Chapter 4. The…
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…
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 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… 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…
