In parallel with his biology career and still in his young years Golombek started to write short stories and poetry.

In 2007 he received the Ig Nobel Prize for discovering that hamsters recover from jetlag more quickly under the effects of Viagra.

Its name is a mention to the Spanish version of the proverb "its bark is worse than its bite", but in reference to science.

In 2016 Golombek became part of a Macri administration think tank which purported to be a "Presidential Council," but he left immediately after the first meeting.

[8] In the wake of 2018 abortion debate in Argentina, he endorsed its legalization arguing that "a group of living cells do not represent a human being".