physiology
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University of Sussex physiology professor Harry Witchel, who has a long-running interest in soundscapes, argues that it makes sense in the context of young people's brain development.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The findings were published in Temperature, a scientific journal focused on the medical physiology of body temperature regulation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Netball flourished alongside hockey, tennis, cricket, cycling, swimming and dancing, while students were taught anatomy, physiology and hygiene, theory of movement, massage and medicine gymnastics.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“This just flies in the face of all logic and physiology that any doctor has learned for 100 years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The danger lies in the increase in nitrates, for the peculiar physiology of the ruminant at once poses a critical problem.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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“Along the way, he helps audiences understand their own physiologies and how to improve their overall performance, health and well-being.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
In another twist that invites multiple interpretations, the fleet-wide infection of Borg-altered DNA into the physiologies of Starfleet personnel only affects younger beings – in human terms, those 25 and under.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2023
Stress can affect a wide range of physiologies and behaviors, and researchers are beginning to test whether the additions make the animals better models for depression—and, in the case of these particular fish—retinal regeneration.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 7, 2018
As a collective group, protists display an astounding diversity of morphologies, physiologies, and ecologies.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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