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… Blessed Rejections 18 Mar 2022March 18, 2022 With these words, I offer you perspective, not solutions; I offer hope, not answers. Rejection hurts; there is no question about that. Even though I know that I state the…
Biochemistry… From light to light 10 Jan 2022 I am always thinking about something. I have this constant sense of urgency that keeps telling me that every moment that I am not thinking, I am wasting time. That's…
Biology… The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 014 – Audio of the launch party for ‘Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins’ – English Version. 6 Dec 2021December 6, 2021 To access the episode please click here. ~ Episode notes Hello everyone! I case you missed it, this is the audio of the launch party of ‘Drunk Flies and Stoned…
AMA… The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 013 – Virtual interactive launch party of ‘Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins’ – Save the date(s)! 8 Nov 2021November 8, 2021 A special announcement about the launch of my next book, ‘Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins’ (DFSD). To access the episode, please click here for more details. Enjoy! ~ I want…
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…
Book Reviews… So, you want to be a scientist who writes? 13 Jul 2019August 7, 2022 I am a scientist who writes.The above sentence could be the closest that I've ever been to an epiphany, and that is why I decided to turn it into a…
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…
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…
Blogging The kind of science writer that I aspire to be… 4 Apr 2015 I want to tell you about the role models that I have followed over the years even before I even thought about becoming an author. If my writing could become…
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 Academic scientist or Science Communicator? 18 Jan 2015 Sagan was right on; I do love science. I know that I am not alone. You can find some of my reasons for wanting to write science here. As for…
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 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…
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…
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…
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… Dr. Tyson and Philosophy 14 May 2014January 31, 2024 Disclaimer: I am no philosopher. I have never even had a course on the topic, I know next to nothing about it. Pretty much what I know about it is…
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 Of The Walking Dead, Cosmos, and Planaria 18 Mar 2014January 31, 2024 Last Sunday there was an unexpected nerdy treat for us planarian enthusiasts in the US. Our favorite wormies were mentioned in not one, but two TV series, coincidentally, both at…
