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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biology”

• Sapolsky Breaks Down Depression

  
  Open Culture — Authority: 599
  Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford biologist, is currently one of the most publicly accessible science writers in the country, perhaps best known for his book on stress, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers . In the lecture above, Sapolsky takes a hard look at depression. The topic is a little heavy. I’ll grant that. But, ...
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• Human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Dec 17 (ANI): A new study has found that the most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity.According to University of Michigan research team, the finding raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances.The ...
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• Worlds rarest gorilla ready for its close-up

  
  Biology News Net — Authority: 432
  The worlds rarest—and most camera shy—great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Germanys NDR Naturfilm.
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• Argonne scientists use bacteria to power simple machines

  
  Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff) — Authority: 446
  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, Evanston, have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears when suspended in a solution, providing insights for design of bio-inspired dynamically adaptive materials for energy. “The gears are a ...
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• What Is DNA Testing Used For?

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  Most people are only familiar with DNA testing from its affiliation with law enforcement ventures. However, there are scores of different purposes that DNA testing can be employed for and they all share the same purpose of DNA testing in criminal cases. That is, these tests are employed to establish identity. Such ...
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• Zoning the ocean may help endangered whales to recover

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation. The teams findings, published in Animal Conservation, suggest that even small protected areas, identified through feeding behaviour, can benefit highly mobile marine predators such as killer whales.
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• Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times (w/ Video)

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  (PhysOrg.com) -- The teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce, according to new research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The findings imply that if humanity is serious about protecting its close evolutionary cousins, the food apes ...
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• Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according to a University of Michigan research team.
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• Stupid Creationist Arguments 8: All Mutations Are Bad

  
  Lone Wolfs Den — Authority: 116
  Natural selection requires positive mutations (mutations that increase the probability of a creatures surviving and reproducing). The argument attempts to disprove natural selection and thus evolution by saying there are no positive mutations to act on. Of course, its wrong.Mutations can be positive, negative ...
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• Ocean Acidity could increase by 150% by 2050

  
  After Gutenberg — Authority: 423
  The following is a Zemanta-enhanced re-post of a Mike Millikin warning about substantial irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems with images, Easter eggs, and comments added by yours truly. Given increasing emissions of CO 2 and the subsequent increased absorption by the oceans, ocean acidity could increase by ...
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• Researchers find cells move in mysterious ways (w/ Video)

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  Our cells are more like us than we may think. Theyre sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move. Such caution serves us well but has vexed engineers who seek to create synthetic tissue, ...
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• Why Women Wrinkle Around Mouth

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  Biology may be the reason why women are more prone than men to developing wrinkles around the lips -- and deeper ones, too.
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• Is Intelligence All About Biology?

  
  Serendip's Exchange — Authority: 139
  People will do anything to ensure that their children will be “smart”. Women, after finding out the great news of their pregnancies, force their unformed and unborn children to listen to Mozart hoping they will catch the talent for music. There are even some business that claim to have the sperm of athletes, savvy ...
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• Warming climate chills Sonoran Deserts spring flowers

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  Global warming is giving a boost to Sonoran Desert plants that have an edge during cold weather, according to new research.
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• Soap opera in the marsh: Coots foil nest invaders, reject impostors

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  (PhysOrg.com) -- The American coot is a drab, seemingly unremarkable marsh bird common throughout North America. But its reproductive life is full of deception and violence.
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• Lung cancer and melanoma laid bare

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 546
  Research teams led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announce the first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes. read more
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• Worlds rarest gorilla ready for its close-up

  
  Eureka! Science News - Popular science news — Authority: 546
  The worlds rarest—and most camera shy—great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Germanys NDR Naturfilm. read more
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• Unusual deep sea species

  
  The Art of Science — Authority: 122
  More scientific art. I’m a sucker for pretty pictures and photographs of bizarre animals. Compiled by Scientific American : More than 340 scientists from around the world have been working over the past nine years to complete the Census of Marine Life , a project that has sent out dozens of expeditions to ...
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• Toward reading your own personal Book of Life

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 776
  What secrets about your risk for diseases are written in your own personal "Book of Life" -- the 30,000 or so genes that make you you?
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• Modern Pharmacology With Clinical Applications, Sixth Edition by Charles R Craig

  
  e-Books Baba — Authority: 148
  Modern Pharmacology With Clinical Applications, Sixth Edition by Charles R Craig Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Sixth Edition (June 1, 2003) | ISBN: 0781737621 | Pages: 832 | PDF | 17 MB Textbook provides an introduction to the major principles of pharmacology and clinical uses. Each chapter includes ...
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