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[bahy-ol-uh-jee] / baɪˈɒl ə dʒi /




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Osteoarthritis is often called a condition caused by wear and tear, but that description leaves out much of the biology involved.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

His sister wrote in the fundraiser that Burgos had started his first quarter at UC Santa Cruz as a biology major.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The job has gone to Jamie Laycock, a former principal teacher of biology, who says schools must help youngsters understand both the opportunities and dangers of AI.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

A chain of post-World War II discoveries launches a revolution in 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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