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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• Glacier retreat in Antarctic opens up new carbon sink

  
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  London, Nov 10 (IANS) Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.This remarkable colonisation is having a beneficial impact on climate change. As the blooms die, phytoplankton sinks ...
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• VIDEO: Rare “giant” stingray captured on video for first time

  
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  The smalleye stingray ( Dasyatis microps ), a giant of the sea, has been filmed for the first time. According to BBC, “ The elusive creature, first discovered in 1908, has only ever been seen alive off Tofo in southern Mozambique .” This rarely observed stingray has been “ collected from the estuary of the ...
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• The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms

  
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  The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. Californian researchers investigating the genetic history of Osedax worms have found that up ...
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• Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances."
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• Researchers produce world`s first transgenic sweet sorghum

  
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  (PhysOrg.com) -- UQ (University of Queensland) researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world`s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.
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• The Spider Awards: Wired.com’s Arachnid Hall of Fame

  
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  next image >> We admit it. Spiders have become an obsession at Wired Science. It started in September when we reported on a spider-milking machine that was built to extract silk from a million golden orb-weavers , two dozen at a time, to ...
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• Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]

  
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  It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine that’s available today— Connect-a-Desk . Thanks to space age harness technology and alien plastics gleaned from UFO crashes, you can ...
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• Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine thats available...
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• Connect-a-Desk Seamlessly Blends Man With Machine [This Cyborg Life]

  
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  It might be quite a while before science and medicine are able to make you better, stronger and faster with bionics, but there is an easy and inexpensive way to blend man and machine that’s available today— Connect-a-Desk . Thanks to space age harness technology and alien plastics gleaned from UFO crashes, you ...
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• New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

  
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  Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology ...
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• The Frustration of Menstruation

  
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    http://butchkittie.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/katarme1.jpg Why did I decide to write a paper about menstruation? The answer to that question is fairly easy, the rest is not.   read more
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• Newly discovered fat molecule: An undersea killer with an upside

  
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  A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found by collaborating scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). This same chemical may hold unexpected promise in cancer research.
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• Well-traveled wasps provide hope for vanishing species

  
  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — Authority: 807
  They may only be 1.5mm in size, but the tiny wasps that pollinate fig trees can travel over 160km in less than 48 hours, according to research from scientists at the University of Leeds. The fig wasps are transporting pollen ten times further than previously recorded for any insect.
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• New Zealand’s first dinosaur footprints discovered

  
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  From Science Alert : Dinosaur prints found in NZ Tuesday, 10 November 2009 GNS Science Scientists have found 70 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in northwest Nelson. They are the first dinosaur footprints to be recognised in New Zealand and the first evidence of dinosaurs in the South Island. They ...
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• Roland Griffiths & The Psilocybin-Occasioned Mystical Experience

  
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  Here is an excellent 20 minute talk from a TED spin-off by Dr. Roland Griffiths on his ground-breaking and brilliantly crafted research into psilocybin:LINK:  http://tedxmidatlantic.com/live/#RolandGriffithsPosted in biology, brain, cognition, entheogens, lecture, psilocybin, psychedelic medicine, science, spiritual ...
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• Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells

  
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  Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurlers syndrome.
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• This Cyborg Life [This Cyborg Life]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  This week, were celebrating the human body: the ultimate machine, 4 billion years in refinement. Your heart can beat 3 billion times in your lifetime without maintenance—thats a performance spec that no motor can match. Tens of trillions of cells inside you undergo constant death and regeneration. And your brain ...
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• Nanoparticles damage DNA at a distance

  
  Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff) — Authority: 569
  Lab tests show that metal nanoparticles can affect DNA without actually coming into contact with it – though the results are difficult to extrapolate to the human body Nanoparticles of metal can damage the DNA inside cells even if there is no direct contact between them, scientists have found. The discovery ...
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• Research shows how to pay sleep debt

  
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  Chronic sleep deprivation is a given for most Americans. But paying off a sleep debt is not as simple as sleeping late on a Saturday. In studies over the years, scientists have found that it can take a week or more for the cognitive and physiological consequences of poor sleep to wear off — even after increasing ...
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• Octopus communicates with Psychedelic Color Language

  
  Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff) — Authority: 569
  Watch one of the world’s most fascinating creature performing a stunning dance of immediate self-enfoldment, color and surface texture change. Wave upon wave of bright yellow, white, brown and vermilion flashing neon-like on its burly body. Nature indeed performs its miracles in wondrous and mysterious way! ...
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