August 2011
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Blog blog. Ill use it properly again soon!
June 2011
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March 2011
7 posts
February 2011
23 posts
Guinea Worm: Second Disease In History To...
ziyadmd:
For all of the mind-boggling achievements of modern medicine, only one — one! — disease has ever been completely eradicated: smallpox.
But now guinea worm — the preventable disease that forces people to live with worms up to three-feet long inside them — is teetering on the brink of joining that very, very short list of diseases that disappear, never to return again.
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Key breast cancer 'driver' gene found →
fuckyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
“Cancer experts have identified a gene which can cause a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer to develop
ZNF703 is the first “oncogene” to be discovered in five years.
It is overactive in around one in 12 breast cancers, and could account for up to 4,000 UK cases a year.
Cancer Research UK, whose scientists carried out the work, said the gene was a...
Shameless Self-Promotion, For A Fantastic Cause →
“Always have a post it block next to the bed. The Best ideas are in your sleep.”
cindyydot asked: Nice to see you back on Tumblr. ;]
LOL - half my tumblrs reblogged your lady gaga post. Might become tumblr famous! xP
LOL - half my tumblrs reblogged your lady gaga post. Might become tumblr famous! xP
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BIOBABE.: White blood cells, helping create... →
fuckyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
biotech:
Information found: Here.
People always say to wear sunscreen because the UV rays could cause damage to your skin cells that could potentially cause cancer.
Most recently a singular type of skin cancer has been on the rise, Cutaneous Melanoma. A type of cancer that is difficult to treat and…
Stubborn mules
This is a non biological rant about parents being so blinkered and stubborn.
Sorry.
AAAAAAAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH
Survey: Only a minority of biology teachers teach... →
theweekmagazine:
A new survey shows that many biology teachers still endorse creationism, and most don’t make a strong case either way — leaving many students with a muddled picture of mankind’s beginnings.
For the most part, educators walk on eggshells when it comes to evolution, avoiding a decisive viewpoint. The study identified three major ways biology teachers accomplish this, says Lisa...
January 2011
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Common Misconceptions About Evolution →
fuckyeahevolution:
Biological evolution does not address the origin of life; for that, see abiogenesis. The two are commonly and mistakenly conflated. The theory of evolution explains the changes in successive generations of organisms, due to differences in genes and gene frequencies that occur in populations of living organisms over time. Thus evolution presupposes that life already exists....
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"DEAD SEA". (coral reef sculpture project)
Ignore the rubbish advert at the beginning…and watch this…its a bit weird…But cool at the same time! like a giant fish tank in the sea! that you can watch grow! xD imagine in a few 100 years…it will look amazing covered in coral n stuffs!
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/culture-places-news/mexico-human-reef-vin.html
I also thank ruth and keith for reading my blog ;)...
secret spies everywhere ;)
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if a biology exam is not about biology...what is a...
Well today i sat the biology unit 4 AQA exam for my A2 level….
And whilst i think i did OKish. It could have gone much better. i feel like i made a lot of silly mistakes on easy marks…just by being rushed…(i totally misread on of the questions xD) the time constraints were ridiculous and i know they will be worse for physics on thursday :/
There was again alot of how science...
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Mirror neurons (reason behind repeated speech... →
jukeboxsami asked: I have been collecting data recently on something that I have found to be kind of interesting. I first noticed it with my grandmother and then subsequently noticed it in other people, specifically the elderly. When I speak to my grandmother or others that I notice with the same ‘habit’ I guess we can call it for now, when I speak to them they move their lips like they are...
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Life post.
Lol just looking back at all the previous posts on this blog page…yeah I CLEARLY havnt used it from a while! theres a post on here from last summer when i was deciding what i wanted to do at uni!?! now its so close…need to not mess up these exams…
EXAMS START MONDAY, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY. need to not shit them up.
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October 2010
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I forgot i had this again! BUT! →
Hello! forgot i had this again :S sorry…
Anyway…whats new? i think ive become a bit of a biology geek… so i apologise if you notice this :P
I just bought a new book (as shown in the link) looks good :) should keep my hunger for evolutionary ecology down for a while after reading Darwin & Evolution before :P
oh yeah…Biol is what im doing at uni :) I’ve written...
