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…
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…
Blogging… Of Blogging and Friendships 19 Feb 2016 This is a rather short post with some thoughts that I had today on the title's topic... True friendships are a blessing. They are also rare, and highly dependent on…
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 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… 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 Book review: Xenophobia 26 Aug 2013 This is yet another entertaining and thought-provoking story by Peter Cawdron. You can read the synopsis in other reviews so I will not repeat it here. What I will say…
Biology No please, not Jane Goodall! (:-(… 21 Mar 2013 Sad, just sad... I have yet to look at this in depth, but apparently Jane Goodall committed plagiarism in her latest book. What? You do not know who Jane Goodall…
Biology Some of the responsibilities of a science writer – Part II 18 Mar 2013 Note added in Feb 2015: I am psychic! I kid. I am just saying that I wrote this post a couple of years ago and the vaccines issue is a…
Biology Some of the responsibilities of a science writer – Part I 11 Mar 2013 Surprisingly, a significant fraction of science writers do not seem to realize their true influence, their true power. This power is illustrated by two main facts: (1) In a very…
Education… The Sagan Effect 10 Feb 2013September 7, 2020 If the title of this post caught your eye and made you curious about reading it, it is a safe bet that you know who Carl Sagan was. It is…