Biology is a branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes. Biology encompasses diverse fields, including botany, conservation, ecology, evolution, genetics, …

Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. Pasteur’s contributions to science, technology, and …

An extremely broad subject, biology is divided into branches. The current approach is based on the levels of biological organization involved (e.g., molecules, cells, individuals, populations) …

Biology, which may be viewed as a general subject pervading biophysical study, is evolving from a purely descriptive science into a discipline increasingly devoted to understanding the nature …

Oct 21, 2025 · Modern biotechnology stands in contrast to older forms of “biotechnology,” which emerged thousands of years ago, when humans began to domesticate plants and animals. …

The physical sciences do not study living things (though the principles and methods of the physical sciences are used in biophysics to investigate biological phenomena).

Oct 18, 2025 · The term biochemistry is synonymous with two somewhat older terms: physiological chemistry and biological chemistry. Those aspects of biochemistry that deal with …

Oct 25, 2025 · Genetics, a science born in the 20th century, reveals in detail how natural selection works and led to the development of the modern theory of evolution.

Biological psychology, the study of the physiological bases of behaviour. Biological psychology is concerned primarily with the relationship between psychological processes and the underlying …

Oct 27, 2025 · The biological sciences —such as biology and medicine —study the organic world of life and its processes. The social sciences study the social and cultural aspects of human …