Check it out at: amazon.com/author/orpagan Feel free to share away! ~~~~~ **If you like what I write, kindly spread the word about this blog! **For a list of all my scientific papers please click HERE. **I wrote the first chapter on this technical book. **I wrote a popular science book and a second one willContinue reading "My Amazon’s Author Page"

One of the main desires that a scientists has (yes, we have wants and desires just like everyone else!) is to be recognized by other scientists.

**Note: This is an updated post from 2012… One of the most beautiful and awe-worthy show in nature is to observe a school of fish or a flock of birds, with their exquisite coordination between all its members that make the many individuals look like an organism in its own right. This is an exampleContinue reading "To model a flock of birds or a school of birds: The real thing?"

The good people at BenBella Books organized a Strange Survivors book giveaway through Goodreads!  Check it out here! (:-) Wanna see what the book is about? I would be immensely grateful if you would share this post, tell others about my blog, and perhaps (gasp!) subscribe to my blog… Thanks!!!! ~~~~~ **If you like what IContinue reading "Strange Survivors: Book Giveaway!"

Last Tuesday, at the very end of a looooooong day (Tuesdays are my longest days this semester; my first class is at 930am and I finish my last at 8pm) I found a box that came in the mail. I was not expecting anything. Just imagine my surprise when I saw this: (:-) These areContinue reading "Strange Survivors: The Advance Reading Copies are here!"

Great quotes by great thinkers, this one by Blaise Pascal...

Great quotes by great thinkers, this one by Blaise Pascal...

2017 Update: How many times will I need to update this post? In the five years since my original post, things have gone worse, way worse. When will the American public understand that we used to be a superpower **only** because our scientific and technological prowess? How the ***k do people think that a flourishingContinue reading "I’m still afraid for my science – 2017 Edition"

A little teaser from my next book... Read on!

As I said (more or less) in a previous review: “First things first: I consider myself a very hopeful agnostic. Also, I do not care at all for angry atheists (or theists), who by the way, are waaaaay different from genuinely thoughtful, polite people who happen to be atheists (or theists). For more on thisContinue reading "Book Review: The Mind of God by Dr. Jay Lombard"

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 what I told her publisher: “My opinion of this book is admittedly biased because I love the brain as much as Dr. Mason does. That beingContinue reading "Book review: Medical Neurobiology 2nd Edition"

Tomorrow is Father's Day here in my corner of the world.  Happy Father's Day to my PRican and American friends!

An updated repost of one of my most read posts to date. Please tell me what you think!

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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 Oxford University Press’ blog. It’s titled: Chemical warfare in terrestrial flatworms. Oh, here’s another one: Pagán’s planarians: the extraordinary world of flatworms. Enjoy! ~~~ **If you likeContinue reading "A guest post in the Oxford University Press’ blog : Toxic Flatworms"

Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life  BenBella Books (February 27, 2018) ISBN-13: 978-1944648589 ISBN-10: 1944648585 From the publisher: “In the evolutionary arms race that has raged on since life began, organisms have developed an endless variety of survival strategies. From sharp claws to brute strength, camouflage to venom―all these […]

Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life  BenBella Books (February 27, 2018) ISBN-13: 978-1944648589 ISBN-10: 1944648585 From the publisher: “In the evolutionary arms race that has raged on since life began, organisms have developed an endless variety of survival strategies. From sharp claws to brute strength, camouflage to venom―all theseContinue reading "My next book!"

Happy Darwin day! For Darwin Day 2017. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of it. This guy really was something else! Anyway, I wish all my fellow “Darwinophiles” a very, very happy Darwin Day! “From so simple a beginning…” …

The very first thing that I’d like to say is that I do not wish to generalize and make anyone believe that this post is anti-Christian. Rather, it is very much pro-Christian. What I see in this current government is anything but Christlike. No thinking person can honestly argue against that. Also, by no means I am …