Biology

Biology is the science that studies living organisms. All around us are other life forms living in caves, trees, under rocks, in water, the oceans and on land. A biologist is a person who studies biology.

There are 5 unifying principles of biology: cell theory; evolution; genes; homeostasis; and energy. Biological systems can be difficult to study because there are so many different interactions with other organisms and the environment even on the smallest of scales. Biologists believe that there are over 10 million different kinds of life forms or species on Earth.

There are also many branches of biology including agriculture, biochemistry, bioengineering, biophysics, botany, cryobiology, entomology, genetics, marine biology, oceanography, virology and zoology to name just a handful. The word biology is made up of two smaller words: bio meaning life and logy meaning the study of science. Biology is the science of life and plays a large part in the development of health treatments, new solutions for diseases, and solutions for genetic issues like hair loss.

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• Memory in Neuronal Circuits

  
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• The science of the film “Avatar”

  
  The Art of Science — Authority: 122
  You knew this was coming, right? The blockbuster film of the weekend wasn’t going to sneak by without a little bit of geeky inspection. Not only is it a science-fiction film, the film itself was created using lots of cool artistic technologies and techniques that were themselves science fiction only a couple of ...
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• Fall in Love and Stay That Way (preview)

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  The best way to get students interested in scientific studies is to give them hands-on experiences that get them excited about the subject matter. In chemistry courses, teachers accomplish that with test tubes and mysterious liquids. In a course I taught recently at the University of California, San Diego, on ...
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• Study: Men Are Better At Parking Than Women [B.s. In Biology]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 804
  A German study of 65 people found women take longer to park , but arent as accurate as men. "Its not as if there was a massive failing by women. It is just about parking," said study co-author Claudia Wolf. [ Telegraph ]
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• Threefold and Fourfold Parallelisms

  
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  “Before Agassiz, recapitulation had been defined as a correspondence between two series: embryonic stages and adults of living species.  Agassiz introduced a third series: the geologic record of fossils.  An embryo repeats both a graded series of living, lower forms and the history of its type as recorded by ...
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• Mexicos conch shells yield clues into effects of warming

  
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  Divers plumb the turquoise depths of ocean waters some 100 kilometers south of this vacation paradise, in search of the distinctive queen conch shell prized by vacationers and souvenir-seekers.
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• AIDS Vaccine: Mixed Result, Possible Future

  
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  The long search for an AIDS vaccine has produced countless false starts and repeated failed trials, casting once bright hopes into shadows of disenchantment. The now familiar swings appeared in high relief last fall, with news of the most recent, phase III trial in Thailand. Initial fanfare for a protective outcome ...
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• African Leaf-Eating Primates ‘Likely to Be Wiped Out’ by Climate Change

  
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  Science Daily : Monkey species will become ‘increasingly at risk of extinction’ because of global warming , according to new research, published this week. It reveals that populations of monkeys and apes in Africa that depend largely on a diet of leaves may be wiped out by a rise in annual temperatures of ...
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• Marine Life Incubators unlocks mystery behind Coral Gardens of Dubai

  
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  Coral Gardens in Dubai, when developed, will be an eco-resort signifying how specific architectural mechanisms coexist and evolve with the local marine habitat. The design workshop of the Architectural Association has been instrumental to bring about a startling blend of marine biology, architecture and ...
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• Study shows immune system protein involved in reprogramming adult cells to express stem cell genes

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a protein required to quickly and efficiently reprogram human skin cells to express embryonic stem cell genes.
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• Meddling in mosquitoes sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a mating plug could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists publishing new results in PLoS Biology on 22 December.
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• New discovery may help repair damaged tooth enamel

  
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  Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Scientists from University of Illinois at Chicago have made a novel discovery that may help in repairing damaged tooth enamel.They have found that a simple amino acid that is repeated in the centre of proteins found in tooth enamel makes teeth stronger and more resilient.The research team ...
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• Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease (w/ Video)

  
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  Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow. "Fungi have a big impact on our dinner plate," said Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist. "We tend to think that getting food on the table is easy. But fungi are major disease-causing organisms ...
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• Amino acid helps protein grow tooth enamel

  
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  Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) Proline, a simple amino acid that recurs at the centre of proteins found in tooth enamel, makes teeth stronger and more resilient, according to a new research.University of Illinois-Chicago (UI-C) researchers compared proline repeats in amphibian and animal models and discovered that when the ...
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• Samsung’s Omnia II gets the video tear down you’ve all been longing for

  
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  as mentioned via email (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Biology) Original post by Freelancer.com - New Projects
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• Near-final Pandora handheld gets user reviewed, shown playing Super Mario 64

  
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  The towering (long!) awaited Pandora gaming handheld is inching closer and closer to reality, with all but a few i’s and t’s left to dot and cross (respectively). It’s so close to ready, in fact, that personnel from the device’s production team invited a mere mortal (also known as a forum member) t… la ...
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• Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease

  
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  Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow. "Fungi have a big impact on our dinner plate," said Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist. "We tend to think that getting food on the table is easy. But fungi are major disease-causing organisms ...
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• Proline repeats help protein grow tooth enamel, study shows

  
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  A simple amino acid that is repeated in the center of proteins found in tooth enamel makes teeth stronger and more resilient, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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• Meddling in mosquitoes sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 632
  Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a mating plug could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists publishing new results in PLoS Biology on 22 December.
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