BioBits kits are designed to be used by students and teachers with no biological training. They use simple, hands-on experiments, to teach concepts of synthetic and molecular biology. Credit: Wyss ...

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 ...

The basics of biology is what they're teaching kids in the first grade to gifted students at John Q. Adams Elementary in Dallas. The school recently unveiled an outdoor classroom and garden that ...

Before you dismiss this site because of its name, I urge you to take the advice articulated on the homepage: “If you are looking for basic biology information, stay on this site. It’s not just biology ...

Meta-analysis is common in clinical research, less so in basic biology, but it is also proving useful in some basic research contexts. It should help improve research reproducibility. Research is by ...