biological
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Mr. Hazen, a geoscientist, was studying how minerals formed in the earliest stars and planets when he saw a possible parallel with biological evolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Giggle's legal team argued throughout the original case that sex is a biological concept.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“It’s manifested in a biological measurement, which is remarkable. It’s not a soft measurement; it’s something that you can count very accurately.”
From Salon • May 15, 2026
“There is no biological reason. The vacuum of space is the harshest environment you can possibly imagine to keep humans alive in.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
A phenotype, in contrast, refers to an organism’s physical or biological attributes and characteristics—the color of an eye, the shape of a wing, or resistance to hot or cold temperatures.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing biological
It's All in the Family
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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The Double Helix
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