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Earth life; are we alone? 
- Nobel Prize Report - short podcast about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physiology (link does not work any more 2008/11/18)
- The 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.
- Getting to know pathogens - introduction to the concept of microbial disease
- Telemedicine in French-speaking Africa - RAFT, a network of educational television and telemedicine in French-speaking Africa
- Allelopathy is the chemical property of a given plant that allows it to suppress the growth of other plants, similar to herbicides.
- Darwinism as religion - is evolution taught as religion in public schools?
- Cell Biology - Exploring cell biology. Independent study with projects.
- Phage project - participants access phage gene databases and participate in phage genomics research projects.
- Encyclopedia of life - Explore cooperation between education-oriented Biology websites.
- Life origins - abiotic origin of life, endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotes, origin of action potentials, origin of the human species, origin of human language.
- Pluripotent stem cells - What are the prospects for medical therapies using embryonic stem cells?
- Wikiversity Genomics Database - Database of information on genome characteristics.
- The Science Behind Parkinson's - A learning and researching project for sharing emerging knowledge and insights.
- Seminar in Biological Mechanisms of Aging and Cancer - explore the biological mechanisms that underly aging and cancer.