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Biomimicry: Letting Nature Show Us the Way(s)
Biological evolution is the ultimate trial-and-error forum. Since the origin of life on Earth, living organisms have evolved unguided down wildly forking paths, progressing by way of accidental experimentation (by way of genetic mutation). Some such "experiments" take hold in a population because on average they benefit the survival of that animal in that particular environment (adaptation). As generation gives way to generation a million, a billion, a trillion times over, the adaptations that remain are the ones that do a useful job and do it efficiently.
Enter Homo sapiens sapiens a scant 150,000 years ago. Then came abstract thought, symbolic…
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A New Way To See Biological Molecules Wins Nobel Prize
The 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry recognizes three men who developed a technique that's letting us see molecules in detail so fine it was thought impossible just a few decades ago.
Beyond GMOs: The Rise of Synthetic Biology
Genetically modified organisms today usually have just one engineered gene. Scientists now want to create organisms with whole new gene clusters.
Engineering Life: Building a FAB for Biology
Principles and practices learned from engineering successes can help transform biotechnology from a specialized craft into a mature industry.
First, They Came for the Biologists
The postmodernist left on campus is intolerant not only of opposing views, but of science itself.
Four Decades Of Hacking Biotech And Yet Biology Still Consumes Everything
To put it bluntly, we are far, far away from a world where computers discover drugs, test them virtually in a cloud of robotic assays, and get them to patients with a few clicks of a mouse.
Seven Projects Pushing the Boundaries of Biology
For millennia, humans have altered our planet by clearing land for cities and agriculture, hunting animals into extinction, and introducing invasive species into vulnerable ecosystems. What's our next trick going to be?
The man-made world is horribly designed. But copying nature helps
Biomimicry design, explained.
What Exactly Is Synthetic Biology?
At its core, it’s all about the selective assembly of genetic information. This is where the connection with computer science comes into play. Synthetic biologists aren’t just copying and pasting existing DNA from one place to another—they’re looking to figure out how specific sequences work and then putting them together into new configurations.
Biomimicry: Letting Nature Show Us the Way(s)
From creating material for building structures to synthesizing energy, for eons nature has invented ways to perform myriad tasks in environmentally sustainable ways. So the more humans learn and emulate these lessons, the better off we'll be.
the Node
Welcome to the Node: the community site for and by developmental biologists! The Node is a place for you to share news from the developmental biology community, to discuss relevant topics or just see what’s new.
Beatrice the Biologist
Beatrice the Biologist is part science blog, part comic, and part incoherent rambling. I just hope you find my insanity amusing.
Biology Science Blog
A unified voice for biology.
Byte Size Biology
The musings and ravings of a computational biologist about science, computers, music and, you know, stuff.
MJ's Human Biology Blog
MJ's Human Biology blog" highlights recent items in the news or in scientific journals that cover new findings and hot topics relevant to the teaching of human biology. The host is Dr. Michael Johnson, author of Johnson's Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues.
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense is a group effort in science blogging and online discussion. Our regular contributors work in biology–mostly academic, but also applied, and in medicine–and include students as well as tenure-track faculty.
PLOS Biologue
Read PLOS Biologue to stay abreast of groundbreaking biological research and discussions in the field.
The Bio-Web
The Bio-Web: Molecular and Cell Biology and Bioinformatics news, tools, books, resources and web applications development.
The Biology Corner
The pages I created were mainly designed to help students and teachers supplement their classroom lessons. The majority of the worksheets and articles can be printed (or just viewed online).
BioEd Online
BioEd Online utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects.
Biology Animations
Biology Animations includes selected, high quality biological animations; about cell biology, microbiology, genetics, immunology, cancer treatments and diagnosis...
Biology Teaching and Learning Resources
Biology Teaching and Learning Resources...Educational Materials by D G Mackean.
BiOZONE
The soul of BIOZONE is defined by our goal to improve biology education performance in schools across the world. We support teachers in their daily challenges of teaching and help achieve the aim to make students not only succeed in the classroom, but in their future.
Cell Image Library
The Cell: An Image Library™ is a freely accessible, easy-to-search, public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes. The purpose of this database is to advance research, education, and training, with the ultimate goal of improving human health.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Home to eight Nobel Prize winners, t
GetBodySmart
An Online Human Anatomy and Physiology Texbook...Interactive Animations to Help You Visually Learn About the Human Body.
SciCentral
Since 1997, the SciCentral editors have been aggregating breaking research news from the most reputable and reliable sources. The service has received over 30 Web awards and enthusiastic reviews from leading science publishers (e.g.; Science Magazine, The Lancet, The New Scientist) for the quality of its service. Over 700 other websites point to SciCentral as a trusted source of information.
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