Biology Definition and 572 Threads

So, if it is okay, would you mind answering this question? There has been much scientific study on the evolution of humans. Although all humans universialtlly want to be accepted, I've come to realize that this "god" that Christians are talking about is perfect. People want to be accepted, so...

Here’s my dilemma. I am enrolled in a “hybrid” class (half online/half on campus) for my biology lab starting this spring. The nice thing about it is that I only have to be on campus one night a week. The rest of the course is online. Pretty convenient for me because I have a full time job and I...

It's university application time! Here is my dilemma: On one hand, I love chemistry and biology, and am good at them, but what exactly can I do with a degree in biochem besides research and becoming a doctor? On the other hand, I'm good at math, and I know I'll find a job very easily if I take...

I have never been taught biology but would like to learn about it through books. I have basic physics and chemistry knowledge. Can anyone recommand an especially good book or textbook that covers the major areas of biology in a clear and concise manner?

..to all who voted me in as "Guru":redface: . And I have to give credit to the other nominees and biology participants, we all come together to make this a well-learned and fun place to hang out. I'll do my best to live up to the title. Cheers, DocToxyn

I believe I have found proof that infact, biology is NOT a science. My proof is as followed: 1) There are too many good looking chicks who are biology majors This is self-explanatory 2) Biology is in the news too much (evolution) People are not interested in science. People are interested...

We are learning the excretory system, and are given a thinking assignment. Okay so we are given a bunch of values for concentration of the substances in the kidney. Basically the post-glomular blood (blood after being filtered by glomerulus) has a little more protien concentration than the...

[SOLVED] biology popular science books I just finished reading Behe's Darwin's Black Box and what I really dug about the book was how it went in depth into the biological functions of things and was a really technical book(for the layman anyways). What I'm looking for now is the other side of...

I am a junior at molecular biology and genetics and I plan to apply for grad school next year. So I need to take GRE general and subject tests, plus TOEFL. My main concern is about GRE: when should I start preparing for it? I would really appreciate advices also on how to study. Thanks! Gamze

I need help writing a discussion for the biology lab report that I'm doing. If anyone could help in explaining the results it would be much appriciated. Here's the experiment... We had 6 flasks each containing yeast, sugar and water. 2 of the six we added 5ml of 1.0 M HCl and into two others...

There are a few threads over in homework help that are related to biology, and now that we've started the "other sciences" homework forum, we seem to get one or two every day (not a huge number yet, but hopefully it will grow). Those threads could use the attention of some of the biologists...

Hey everyone! I just started the first year of my undergraduate degree in biology this year. I chose biology because I am scientific by nature, and find the science of life most interesting. I was just wondering if any of you guys could give me any advice on which direction to go with my...

How can people be so ignorant, seriously? Bassically, he was a sub for my class because of an AP comference my teacher had to attend. I was simply studying some biology when this sub comes up to me and asks me if we learned about evolution in this class yet. I respond with a no, but we will...

i have easy quesions, whatyour ideas about them ? The relations they might have please also tell me if posble your own culture, thanks a bunch

Hi. I was looking for somebody who knew about biology and was a professional researcher/would be interested in doing professional research for me (Which wouldn't at this point be done in a lab) Does anyone know the best way I could go about doing this? Could anyone here help me? I could pay...

Hey, it seems that the major i chose in college is leaning towards that. and i need to start doing research this junior year, and my goal is to get published before the start of the senior year. There are several professors that use computer models for various biological things. For example...

What is the difference between biology and biochemistry?

Has anyone heard about this book? Is it good? I have the 1977 editition. I also have another question: what has changed in biological theory and research since then? Regards.

I'm doing my bachelors of science in chemistry, but I may want to do graduate work in molecular biology instead of chemistry. Would a BS in chemistry and maybe 15-20 hours of undergrad biology be good enough to qualify me for graduate programs in biology? I will have a biology minor when I...

Does anyone know which website contain online biology textbook,A level one? :cool: Or which website provide revision site for all topic for A level biology? :smile: thanks a lot for anyone who help :-p

Hi, I'm doing a telomere assignment for biology, and i have a few questions. 1) are they called "telomers" or "telomeres"? 2) when and by whom were they discovered? (i've looked everywhere!) Thank, you. and i must say, those things are fascinating!

Francis Crick figured out the structure of DNA with a degree in Physics!Should physicists be applying themselves to finding cures for medical diseases? In general,physics groups have more members and posts on the internet than other groups.Why are physicists so passionate/aggressive about...

hi there everyone can you help me out a bit please:Relationship between the concentration of phosphate ions in nutrient solutionsand the number of cells dividing by mitosis in root tips. your planning must be based on assumption that you are provided with the following: suitable plant...

Does anyone have any websites or books that will help me do good on the U of T National Biology Competition. Please post ANYTHING that you feel with help me. Here is the webiste if you want info about it : http://www.biocomp.utoronto.ca/index.htm Thank you

Hey, I am in grade 11 biology and i have this question to do for my homework. I'm having a little trouble answering the question because i think my teachers wording was pretty awful.. anyways here it is. Some cells are described as protein factories. Describe the organic structure of a...

What is your favorite biology discipline and why? What is your favorite biology discipline and why? General subfields within biology Anatomy | Bioinformatics | Botany | Ecology | Evolutionary biology | Genetics | Marine biology | Human biology | Cell biology | Microbiology | Molecular...

Well, I am in secondary school. But now, I am just learning about bones, vertebrae, and all that, is that slow? Where can I get more information?

Hi. My girlfriend has a biology crossword to do for class, and there's two very hard ones that I'm hoping you can just tell me. I'll use underscores for empty boxes and fill in the letters we have...er...she has. If the letters are wrong that she's gotten, please tell what the answer is so...

Hey Is the study of biology more of an advantage in terms of careers ,intellectal study or being cutting edge compared to other sciences?

Hey, jus an after thought: Which greek god would you associate with biology and Which person(s) would you associate with biology and which work do u tink best represent biology lastly what breakthrought(s) do u tink represent biology??

Why close Saint's thread without an explanation? At the very least it should have been moved over to General Discussion where it had the chance of qualifying for having the funniest responses of all time. Young guys in angst over or consumed by self-amorousness from wankin'? :smile...

I’m starting to think about what I want to do for the regional science fair and this year I might do something pertaining to biology, so ideas and comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Garret

For any of the Bad Religion fans here, Dr. Graffin now has his PhD dissertation from Cornell available. It is in paperback book form titled "Evolution, Monism, Atheism and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology". 252 pages. http://www.cornellevolutionproject.org/...

Good day fellas'. I am inquiring the academic and career advices on what major might best suit me fo Pre-med. I never took chemistry, nor biology... I'm Junior in high school. I took two years of physics. What other majors are open for Pre-med? -Regards

Hey all. I am new. I am from the merry old land of aus (Australia), in the southern state called victoria. I almost crapped my pants when i saw this site. I couldn't believe that there were people interested in this stuff so much. I am in year 12, and i have my biology exam on the 1st of...

In the disease myathenia gravis, the body makes, by mistake, antibodies to its own actylcholine receptors molecules. These antibodies bind to and inactivate acetylcholine receptors on the plasma membrane of muscle cells. The disease leads to a progressive weakening of the patients motor...

ok I'm new to the forum, there is a mass amount of intelligence here i have seen over the past few days reading. this is my first college biology class, and i am probably going to major in zoology because of a strong passion for understanding anima... ha oh yes back to the point.. we have to...

Hey guys! I'm taking a pretty basic cell biology class this semester, our book is "The World of the Cell", 5th edition, by Becker, Kleinsmith, and Hardin. My prof assigned a little homework assignment, it's pretty easy, but I think I'm reading to deep into it. The problem is called...

can we post molecular biology questions here? (just to have something to type since i can't delete this post...BTW how can we delete our own posts?)

In the Questions on _g_ and intelligence thread we have been discussing one branch of psychology (psychometrics), and one branch within that sub-discipline (intelligence). In that thread, Mandrake quoted Jensen: This got me wondering, what is the status of all other psychological variables...

Well, I'm sitting here in biology, teacher's saying you can apply it anywhere, its connected to anything. We had to write an essay about how it applies to the field we were interested in. Long story short: I give up and ask him "how's biology related to theoretical physics? Or quantum physics?"...

Hey, is anyone conducting bio research? I myself am doing some research on prostate cancer -- trying to demonstrate FAS as a metabolic oncogene. Please tell me about your projects and I think we can learn from one another. Currently we are using transgenic mice in hopes to see a positive...

One of keys in the development of the modern Biology, exemplified by the advances in Genetics was due to a reductionist view. Nevertheless it is possible that an excess of reductionism have side effects. So, face to Biochemistry, less work was done in Biophysics (reflected in databases as...

Something came up on the TV that made me wonder about this. I understand that we can account for certain aspects of the feelings of love that humans experience. First, what is the limit of this understanding. Next, how do we account for the many [philosophically] different types of love...

Is it possible to specify cellular biology by incorperating the laws of quantum physics?

Couple weeks ago, I read an article by Carl R. Woese titled "A New Biology for a New Century" . Woese discuss the state of biology nowadays and the direction it should follows. We were discussing the article amongst some microbiologist the other at our conference and what came out was that he...

I conducted an investigation into the strange interpretations of physics. As a consequence of debunking those interpretations I discovered something that is truly amazing. There is a symmetry of structure and process across and within the sub-atomic, atomic and biology domains. This...

I went into a Biology course not expecting anything exciting. When asked later how I liked the course I said it was ok and explained that I only took it because it was the best course in my time slot. Starting out with a pessimistic view probably contributed to my view somewhat. It was also...

Tommorrow I have a practical on the dissection of a fetal pig I have been doing all week. Today I removed the brain- intact out of the pig. I have completely forgotten a couple parts of the brain- and would like to remember them when I have the test tommorrow. Since the pig brain is similair in...

How do you distinguish a human gene from a mouse gene by name? How about proteins? Is there a general consensus which says that genes should be italic and proteins non-italic and that human genes/proteins capitalized and mouse gene/proteins non-capitalized?