What is Biology? A Basic Definition

Biology \Bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -logy: cf. F.
   biologie.]
   The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of
   living matter as distinct from matter which is not living;
   the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin,
   structure, development, function, and distribution of animals
   and plants.
   [1913 Webster]

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Wed Jan 7

• Spookfish uses mirrors for eyes
• Love Stinks: Sniffers
• BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Spookfish' has mirrors for eyes: "In nearly 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, and many thousands of vertebrate species living and dead, this is the only one known to have solved the fundamental optical problem faced by all eyes - how to make an image - using a mirror,"
• Visiting family warps your brain, study says - Behavior- msnbc.com
• Nucleus Medical Illustrations, Nucleus Medical Animations
• Linear Transformation by Lambda Red-mediated recombination: Molecular biology protocol for using the Lambda Red phage-derived recombination system to generate targeted genomic deletions in pathogenic bacteria. I use this several times a month and finally broke down to add it to my bookmarks.
• Earth Life Headed for Mars Moon: "Russia is also dispatching on the flight the "world� 39;s hardiest" or "toughest " organisms found here on Earth, sealed up in a bio-container for the Earth-to-Mars/ Mars to Earth three year trek. The bio-module will provide 30 small tubes for individual microbe samples."
• BBC NEWS | Health | Triplets for woman with two wombs
• dichotomous key
• authorSTREAM
• DIYbio: DIYbio is an organization that aims to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, amateur biologists, and DIY biological engineers who value openness and safety. This will require mechanisms for amateurs to increase their knowledge and skills, access to a community of experts, the development of a code of ethics, responsible oversight, and leadership on issues that are unique to doing biology outside of traditional professional settings.
• The GEEE! in GENOME - Home Page

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