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For teachers like Tom Martinez, the standard biology curriculum can feel a bit stale—teaching the same old units, recounting facts that have been passed down for decades. Yet science teachers often ...

In a series of posts I want to explore the interplay between basic biology, which looks at the natural world to learn about how life works, and synthetic biology, which studies what is not found in ...

"This scientific study allows us to move ahead in improving drug treatments for children with a particular form of neuroblastoma," said study co-leader Yaël P. Mossé, M.D., a pediatric oncologist at ...

Everything in life is about sex and money. And now that I have your attention, let me explain. That phrase was one that I often used when presenting key concepts to my biology and marine science ...

Our general conclusion is that evolutionary biology is a crucial basic science for medicine. In addition to looking at established evolutionary methods and topics, such as population genetics and ...

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