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[bahy-ol-uh-jee] / baɪˈɒl ə dʒi /




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A physicist by training, Amodei turned to biology for his doctorate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

She studied biology in college and volunteered in health clinics before changing course and attending law school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But when it recently showed up on campus banners, Billy Ramirez, a Hispanic biology major, had been replaced by a black woman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

This process is a normal and important part of cell biology, but the researchers found signs that it becomes excessively active in Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

The top three pages are all math assignments, and the next two are biology quizzes.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

“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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