1. Why Study Biology?

2.  Are you intrigued with the incredible variety of organisms that inhabit our planet? 2 x 10 6  Have you wondered about their origin and how they have evolved?  Can we manage the capacity of our global-life support system to continue sustaining a rapidly increasing human population?  Can we reverse the destruction and erosion that threaten the world?  What lies ahead for the future of genetic engineering?  Why do cells divide, and how do we age? Can we live forever?  What are clones and transgenic animals?  And, perhaps the most alluring challenge of all, how does the human brain function, comprehend ? Isn’t it weird that your brain is not thinking about how it thinks?

6. Genetically modified (GMO) Golden Rice may be available to farmers as early as 2011, possibly helping to save millions of children threatened with blindness or premature death due to Vitamin A deficiency.

9. For the next 40 years, the global population will pass from its current 6.2 to 9 billion