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biology

[bahy-ol-uh-jee] / baɪˈɒl ə dʒi /




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In other words, ecology may have helped shape both dietary behavior and human biology.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Many marmot problems appear to revolve around their appetite for salt, which they find on sweat-stained hiking poles and backpack straps as well as radiator fluid, said Blumstein, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Helen said that as a biology teacher, Linda knew exactly what her diagnosis meant – but stayed "stoic" until the end.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

"Body weight responds to two levers: taking in fewer calories, or spending more energy," said Anders Näär, a professor of metabolic biology and nutrition at UC Berkeley and senior author of the study.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

By night, with the world almost fully extinguished to his vision, he turned to theoretical aspects of biology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“I can imagine biologies that are much different; I can imagine minds that are much different,” Frank says.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2022

Many animals in Aesop’s stories align with the biologies of their flesh-and-blood counterparts.

From Scientific American Nov. 30, 2021

The painter/sculptor/installation artist — perennially interested in biologies and ecologies — is now using augmented reality to imagine what our myths might look like if certain flora and certain fauna had co-evolved.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2019

Interestingly, such an approach would have been of little surprise to a group of largely forgotten 20th-century physicians who vehemently argued that breast cancers had distinctive biologies and therefore needed different treatments.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2018

The goal is to keep well people well, heading off problems that might be lurking in our individual biologies, and to identify targeted treatments when we get sick.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2015




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