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Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution. This includes plants, animals, and other qualities of organisms or class of organisms.
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FEB 18, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
You can have too much of a good thing.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2020Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2020Neuroscience
Dr. Eric Courchesne of the University of California San Diego explains further consequences of DNA over-replication and ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaFEB 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Some individuals are morning people to the extreme. Some genetic mutations give the body clock a 20 instead of 24-hour c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are learning more about how to use the genetic code to make a synthetic genome with specific biological funct ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2020Microbiology
Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are more complex than many viruses that we know of, and often carry large genomes.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers may have just made it easier for investigators to switch to an engineered model and replace their animal col ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A group of ancient humans that has never been identified has been revealed not through fossils, but with modern DNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2020Plants & Animals
Blue whales are the largest living mammals on Earth, capable of growing as long as three full-length school busses. As y ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2020Plants & Animals
Most people are accustomed to thinking that if you avoid a jellyfish’s tentacles while swimming in the ocean, then ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease every year, and the rate of the disease is rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers in Brazil have discovered a very unusual virus infecting amoeba in an artificial lake called Lake Pampulha i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2020Immunology
A study published in Human Immunology has described, for the first time, a link between an immunosuppressive prot ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2020Microbiology
Though vaccination rates are high, small mumps outbreaks sometimes still occur.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you noticed trees and other vegetation in your city turning green earlier than usual? A new study from Iowa State U ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 11, 2020Neuroscience
Source: Hypothalmus and limic system Soybean oil is used for cooking fast food, in packaged products, and to feed ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaFEB 10, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Colorado was one of the first two states in the US, together with Washington, to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012 ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 10, 2020Immunology
Scientists discovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade the immune system to further their own agenda: invade, ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2020Microbiology
Since 2013, around 30,000 people have been infected during several outbreaks of Ebola in eight different countries.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The X chromosome carries a thousand genes, so in females, one of the X chromosomes must be silenced to avoid serious dev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
While chronic inflammation is a natural result of getting old, experiencing stress, and toxin exposure, it's been theori ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
You can have too much of a good thing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2020
Microbiology
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the adaptability of microbes has created a problem that people must solve.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2020
Neuroscience
Dr. Eric Courchesne of the University of California San Diego explains further consequences of DNA over-replication and
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
FEB 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some individuals are morning people to the extreme. Some genetic mutations give the body clock a 20 instead of 24-hour c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are learning more about how to use the genetic code to make a synthetic genome with specific biological funct
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are more complex than many viruses that we know of, and often carry large genomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers may have just made it easier for investigators to switch to an engineered model and replace their animal col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A group of ancient humans that has never been identified has been revealed not through fossils, but with modern DNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
Blue whales are the largest living mammals on Earth, capable of growing as long as three full-length school busses. As y
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most people are accustomed to thinking that if you avoid a jellyfish’s tentacles while swimming in the ocean, then
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease every year, and the rate of the disease is rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers in Brazil have discovered a very unusual virus infecting amoeba in an artificial lake called Lake Pampulha i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2020
Immunology
A study published in Human Immunology has described, for the first time, a link between an immunosuppressive prot
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2020
Microbiology
Though vaccination rates are high, small mumps outbreaks sometimes still occur.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you noticed trees and other vegetation in your city turning green earlier than usual? A new study from Iowa State U
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 11, 2020
Neuroscience
Source: Hypothalmus and limic system Soybean oil is used for cooking fast food, in packaged products, and to feed
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
FEB 10, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Colorado was one of the first two states in the US, together with Washington, to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 10, 2020
Immunology
Scientists discovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade the immune system to further their own agenda: invade,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2020
Microbiology
Since 2013, around 30,000 people have been infected during several outbreaks of Ebola in eight different countries.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The X chromosome carries a thousand genes, so in females, one of the X chromosomes must be silenced to avoid serious dev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While chronic inflammation is a natural result of getting old, experiencing stress, and toxin exposure, it's been theori
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch