Biology

Why do people breathe? That’s easy to answer – if you didn’t breathe, you’d die in a few minutes. Try holding your breath for more than a minute or so and see what happens. You can’t do it. Okay, that’s…
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Simply put, biochemists study the molecules of life. The discipline grew out of a combination of organic chemistry and biology, as scientists in both of these fields became more aware of the importance of the chemical processes taking place within…
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It isn’t fair. A few rogue species and all Cockroaches get tarred with the same brush. Most cockroaches are harmless creatures, living their lives out in quiet anonymity on forest floors around the world, especially the tropics and subtropics. They…
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Biochemists study biochemistry, which is the chemistry of life. Studying biochemistry can offer insights into how organisms function at their most basic level, which can eventually lead to advances in medicine. The biochemistry underlying life for most organisms is surprisingly…
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Humans can sing. Animals can also sing, so insects can also sing. Insects are small creatures that crawl, fly, sip, hop and of course make sounds. They were the first or earliest organisms to produce and also locate sounds. Insects…
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Biochemists study biochemistry, which is the chemistry of living organisms. * To go a little further back in history: biochemistry is a relatively new science.* In former times, “organic” chemistry was thought to be the chemistry of living organisms, and…
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The concept of a species, a distinct type of organism, is associated in the minds of many with Charles Darwin and his seminal work, The Origin of Species; but the concept had been developing for many years before Darwin. Indeed,…
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“Bioweapons.” The very word gives people shivers which crawl down their spine like a thousand ants. It is a word that is equated with “nuclear holocaust” in people’s minds right next to a picture of what they believe the end…
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Biometric security technology for purposes of identification was once the domain of James Bond films, but has within the past decade moved beyond fiction and even high-end military and governmental applications and now can be found in a variety of…
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The Pregnant Man in the 21st Century The idea of a man becoming pregnant and delivering a baby has been discussed for ages, and even with science and medicine advancing rapidly in the last several decades, a biological man still…
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