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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Original Technorati articles tagged “biology”

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  Groundbreaking Autism Research: Biological Identifications
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “biology”

 

• Sexual healing? Not likely

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows the production of sperm is more biologically taxing than previously thought, and expending energy on it has significant health implications.
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• Food crops damaged by pollution crossing continents

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Man-made air pollution from North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year, a new study has found.
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• Redefining Autism: Will New DSM-5 Criteria for ASD Exclude Some People?

  
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  People have been arguing about autism for a long time--about what causes it , how to treat it and whether it qualifies as a mental disorder. The controversial idea that childhood vaccines trigger autism also persists, despite the fact that study after study has failed to find any evidence of such a link. Now, ...
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• Bowerbirds entice females with illusory designs

  
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  Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) Male bowerbirds woo females by building ‘artistic’ bowers out of vegetation which is shaded by plants or trees that create an illusion of uniform decor.The females tend to choose mates from those who produce the best illusion, suggests a new study led by John Endler, professor of ...
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• Vets take action to save Polands lynx

  
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  Growling furiously, Benek the lynx cub looks up with baleful eyes as a veterinarian squats by his cage and takes aim with a tranquiliser gun.
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• What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?

  
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  Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat everything from schools of small fish to large baleen whales, over twice their own size. The increase in hunting territories available to killer whales in the Arctic due to climate change and melting sea ice could ...
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• SciWhys: Why do we eat food?

  
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  Every month OUP editor and author Jonathan Crowe answers your science questions in the monthly SciWhys column. Got a burning question about science that you’d like answered? Just email it to us , and Jonathan will answer what he can. Today: Why do we eat food? By Jonathan Crowe You may well be thinking ...
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• Sources of Food From the Sea Full of Nutrition

  
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  From his research during this, the data presented Rokhmin Dahuri marine life that could potentially be developed into a nutritious food source. Among others: 1. Sponges and soft corals , containing various types of bioactive compounds that are useful as an anticancer drug, antibacterial, antiasma, and ...
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• Brain Likely Encodes the World in Two Dimensions

  
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  When we drive somewhere new, we navigate by referring to a two-dimensional map that accounts for distances only on a horizontal plane. According to research published online in August in Nature Neuroscience , the mammalian brain seems to do the same, collapsing the world into a flat plane even as the animal skitters ...
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• NSF Discoveries

  
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  Protea obtusifolia in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa Photograph by Kent Holsinger Click on the image for a high-resolution image in a new window. The Dimensions of Biodiversity project that Carl Schlichting, Cindi Jones, John Silander, Andrew Latimer, Justin Borevitz, and I are working on ...
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• Trial by fire: A landscape-scale experiment in restoring Ozark glades

  
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  A giant experiment is under way at the Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis 2,000-acre outdoor laboratory for ecosystem studies.
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• Exactly How To Get Prepared For Physical Therapy Schools

  
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  Physical therapy schools could be great if you are trying to explore this specific exciting sort of occupation. Even so, it could be important to make sure that you locate one that can meet your needs as well as in which you plan to take your job objectives. The good news is, there exists a range of options ...
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• PhD Position in Bionanotechnology for Interactions for Biosensing at Radboud University, Netherlands

  
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  Doctorate Position in the field of molecular biology/biochemistry, chemical biology or biophysics at Radboud University, Netherlands Study Subject(s):Bionanotechnology for Interactions .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• PhD Position in Simulations of Ion Transport in Biology at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

  
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  Doctoral Position at the at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Study Subject(s):Simulations of .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• One Of Lifes Molecular Mysteries Mapped By Scientists

  
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  All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion - a fundamental process in biology - have revealed how protein channels in the membrane are activated by special signals contained in ...
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• Achillea moschata

  
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  Botanical Name : Achillea moschata Family: Asteraceae Subfamily : Asteroideae Tribes: Anthemideae Subtribes: Achilleinae Genus : Achillea Sectio : A. sect. Anthemoideae Species : Achillea erba-rotta Subspecies : Achillea moschata subsp. moschata Synonym: Achillea erba-rotta var. moschata Common ...
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• Ex-IITian NRI’s $5 mn gift to cancer research project

  
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  Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) Living up to his promise made nearly four years ago, a US-based Indian and IT entrepreneur Friday came to his alma-mater Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here to launch a research centre for biosciences and bio-engineering with the focus on cancer.An alumnus of the 1969 batch of IIT, Romesh ...
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• Spring Health Tips

  
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  If you don’t want to be stuck using anti-histamines all spring, mediate some natural therapies. For instance, obvious allergies are related to positive foods – by eliminating those foods, even hay fever can be eliminated. Cleansing, especially candida, liver or colon cleanses can also be very effective for allergy ...
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• US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups

  
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  (AP) -- A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying theyll have to go to Congress if they think the animals are being treated inhumanely and need more protection.
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• How viruses con bugs into working for them

  
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  Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) Some of the viruses are real con artists. They trick new bugs with genetic material filched from their previous bacterial hosts into working for them, reveals a study.The con occurs when a grifter virus injects its DNA into a bacterium living in a phosphorus-starved region of the ocean. ...
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