Biodiversity… A guest post in the Oxford University Press’ blog : Toxic Flatworms 7 Jun 2017 Hi! I don't know how did this went pass me. A couple of years ago I reported about a cool paper on some toxic land planarians. It appeared at the…
Biology… Another uplifting Oldie: A wonderful “Thank You” card… 28 Jan 20172 Jun 2017 Here's another one to lift our spirits... ~~~ Over the years, several students have surprised me with thoughtful “Thank you” notes, sometimes just to show appreciation for a semester of…
Biology… The improbability of you 22 Feb 201623 Feb 2016 I am always thinking about something… For example, it is very common to hear people stating that each of us is a unique and unrepeatable individual; we usually hear this…
Blogging Brief reflections at the end of the academic year 8 May 20159 May 2015 I just graded my 'final' final exam for this semester. As soon as I report it, the academic year will end. The graduation ceremonies will be held this weekend and…
Blogging My Evil Red Pen & Why I don’t Like the Concept of Extra Credit 28 Mar 201518 Mar 2016 From time to time, I like posting pictures like this in my FB and Twitter: When I post it, I usually say things like "Grading, mwahahahahahaaaaa!" and I tell tales…
Blogging HAPPY DARWIN DAY! 11 Feb 201512 Feb 2015 HAPPY DARWIN DAY! Here is a quite updated post about a hypothetical Blogging, Facebooking and Tweeting Darwin... Enjoy! ~~~ Charles Darwin, Blogger Charles Robert Darwin, whose bday we celebrate today,…
Blogging A good laugh 5 Feb 2015 I have the best students in the world. End of story. This morning, one of them gave me a good laugh, which by the way, I badly needed. Right after…
Blogging Would you please share, reblog, recommend, etc., my blog to others? Thank you! 3 Feb 2015 Would you please share, reblog, recommend, etc., my blog to others? Thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want to know more of my scientific research you can click here. Want to…
Biology… 10 factors that helped me write and publish my first book – Updated! 2 Apr 201422 Oct 2014 My book "The First Brain" is already available! I know of three main places: Amazon (hardcover and Kindle), Barnes and Noble (hardcover and NOOK) version (NOTE ADDED ON APRIL 3,…
Blogging Respect the Theory, do not fear the facts 11 Dec 201323 Jan 2015 This post represents a milestone for the Baldscientist blog. This is a collaboration with another great blog, Peter Cawdron's Thinking Sci-Fi. Note: parts of this post were based on this one.…
Blogging What is life? (Spoiler alert: nobody knows) 10 Nov 201314 Sep 2016 “Just as the colors of a rainbow merge imperceptibly one into another, the transition to life from nonlife is a seamless continuum” J.W. Schopf I teach a variety of…
Blogging Things I wish my graduate students did (or did not do) 22 Sep 20135 Oct 2015 I recently saw a funny, yet right on point post by Dr. Lisa Wade on the blog Sociological Images about some pet peeves that university professors have (or in my…
Blogging Scientific research in a predominantly undergraduate institution 15 Sep 201327 Jul 2015 I love scientific research, which is a great thing because it is an indispensable part of being a true scientist. I am more fortunate than most scientists at predominantly undergraduate institutions…
Blogging Since you now believe in molecules, let’s go to the next level (kind of): cells (new and improved post) 7 Sep 201316 Sep 2013 In my previous post we saw how really small molecules are. Another layer of complexity is revealed when we think about how many molecules are there. Again, it is a numbers…
Biology… Do you believe in molecules? 1 Sep 201328 Oct 2014 Molecules are entities composed of at least two atoms, organized in specific ways; they are really small things, and that’s no joke. I would not blame you one bit if you…
