biological sciences
Study of organisms
The biological sciences are academic disciplines that study living organisms and life processes.
The term encompasses biology and its many branches—botany, zoology, microbiology, genetics, ecology, and others.
In university contexts, biological sciences often names a department or degree program: She majored in biological sciences.
- living thingsEntities with metabolism
- moldForm-giving container
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
DNA · double helix · agriculture · phylogenetics · adaptation · biodiversity · cell membrane · phenotype · veterinary medicine · cell theory · stem cells · gene expression · egg · homeostasis · speciation · bioinformatics · protein synthesis · reproduction
- UC San DiegoLa Jolla
biological sciencesphysical sciences
Studies of nonliving matter
physics · inorganic chemistry · chemistry · astrophysics · geophysics
biological scienceshumanities
Study of culture
philosophy · pure mathematics · theology · literature · literary criticism
biological sciencespseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
creationism · intelligent design · mysticism · superstition · folk medicine