Living the Life: bio

Some of the abiotic components include air, water, soil, and climate. Concepts of Biology

By the 1990s the term exobiology was barely adequate to convey the scope of scientists’ questions, and the effort was re-branded as “astrobiology,” a full-on merger of astronomy and biology.Salon

Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of their ice shells, effectively conducting oceanography from space.Science Daily

I locked the door and washed Helena’s face and hands, gave her one of the antibiotics and an aspirin, and tucked her into my bed. The Light in Hidden Places

"It's an autobiography. The story of my life, so far. There's lots still happening every day, so I'm just trying to keep up with...well, myself." The Sky at Our Feet

Over all, he wrote both the music and the lyrics for a dozen Broadway shows — not including compendium revues like “Side by Side by Sondheim,” “Putting It Together” and the autobiographical “Sondheim on Sondheim.”The New York Times

As we’ve seen, this means that a pasture holds a dozen or more types of plants—a real example of biodiversity. The Omnivore's Dilemma

Used cooking oil has become a valuable commodity, now that it’s a key ingredient in biofuels and home heating oil.The Washington Post

Well then, before tomorrow I have to finish reading the first volume of a biography of Galileo Galilei, since it has to be returned to the library. The Diary of a Young Girl

Over the years, Paul McCartney has been the subject of numerous biographical studies, while remaining frustratingly elusive in terms of sharing the nature of his interior life.Salon

Many presidential biographers were willing to gaze past the cruelty that was central to slavery, along with the key role it played in the lives of some presidents. In the Shadow of Liberty

And now he’s turned his attention, more fully than ever before, to our imperiled biome and particularly to the world’s oldest, grandest life forms: trees.The Washington Post

The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species. The Gene

As genetics moved from a material to a mechanistic conception of genes—from what genes are to what they do—human biologists began to perceive long-sought connections between genes, human physiology, and pathology. The Gene

Sunshine cannot penetrate this deep, though many organisms generate their own meagre light, through a process known as bioluminescence.The Guardian

He says I have bionic hands, that this is why I’m such a good cello player. If I Stay

But scientists suspect that emerging technologies such as optogenetics and bionics will eventually enable many people with currently untreatable eye conditions to see again.Nature

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic about Freddie Mercury of the rock band Queen that won best drama at the Golden Globes, received seven Bafta nominations, including Rami Malek for best leading actor.The New York Times

Just over half of our power currently comes from wind, solar, nuclear and biomass - organic matter.BBC

Positive results in Martian microbiology were achieved in seven different samplings in two locales on Mars separated by 5,000 kilometers. Cosmos

Avery had established himself as a competent microbiologist, but had never imagined venturing into the new world of genes and chromosomes. The Gene

Which meant that these trees either lived in a symbiotic relationship with the algae, in a giving-and-taking that was to their mutual advantage, or, simpler still, were an integral part of the algae. Life of Pi