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- (Thomas) Robert Malthus [r]: British economist (1766-1834) who warned about the dangers of population growth. [e]
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savanna as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- Animalia [r]: The taxonomic kingdom including all animals. [e]
- Animal [r]: A multicellular organism that feeds on other organisms, and is distinguished from plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms. [e]
- Bacteria [r]: A major group of single-celled microorganisms. [e]
- Bioengineering [r]: The application of electrical, mechanical, chemical, optical, nuclear and other engineering principles to understand, modify and control biological (plants and animals - including human) systems. [e]
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Blade Runner [r]: 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, based on the 1968 Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [e]
- Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. [e]
- Chimpanzee [r]: An ape home to western and central Africa. [e]
- Communication [r]: The set of interactive processes that create shared meaning. [e]
- Connexin [r]: Family of structurally-related transmembrane proteins that assemble to form vertebrate gap junctions. [e]
- Consciousness [r]: Sense of awareness of self and of the environment. [e]
- Creole (people) [r]: People of mixed ancestry, generally colonial and indigenous. Depending on context, the term can be merely descriptive or highly pejorative. [e]
- Cryonics Institute [r]: A member-owned-and-operated not-for-profit corporation in Clinton Township, Michigan, which provides cryonics services. [e]
- Cryonics [r]: Low-temperature cryopreservation of humans or other animals in the vague hope that resuscitation may eventually become possible in the future. [e]
- Death [r]: State of thermodynamic equilibrium achieved after the end of life. [e]
- Dextrocardia [r]: Presence of the heart in the right hemithorax, with the cardiac apex directed to the right. [e]
- Domestication [r]: The process of habituating wild animals or plants to live in association with humans, thereby providing us with food, livestock and pets. [e]
- Earth [r]: The third planet from the Sun in our solar system; the only place in the universe known by humanity to harbor life. [e]
- Eventology [r]: A nonstandard term for the study of events from a mathematical, cultural or business perspective. [e]
- Evolutionary linguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics that concerns itself with how the human faculty of language evolved; multidisciplinary field involving neurolinguistics, cognitive science, anthropology and others. [e]
- Family [r]: (1) Persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, including individuals placed for foster care. (2) The social organization of a household or housekeeping unit using certain rooms and housekeeping facilities in common. See nuclear family and extended family [e]
- Fire [r]: The rapid oxidation of a combustible material releasing heat, light, and various reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water. [e]
- Fuller brooch [r]: Late 9th century Anglo-Saxon art, consisting of a large disc made of hammered sheet silver inlaid with black niello and with a diameter of 11.4 cm. [e]
- Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
- Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) [r]: Endangered species of bear native to south-western China, with distinctive black and white coat and diet of mainly bamboo. [e]
- Glucose [r]: A monosaccharide (or simple sugar) and an important carbohydrate in biology, used by the living cell as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. [e]
- Glyoxylate cycle [r]: Metabolic pathway in some orgnaisms which uses acetyl CoAs to synthesize carbohydrates. [e]
- Gold [r]: Chemical element 79, a lustrous corrosion-resistant precious metal used for money, electronics and jewelry. [e]
- Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. [e]
- Hawaiian Creole [r]: Creole language (created through children acquiring a pidgin as their first language and thereby making it complex) popularly known as Hawaiian 'Pidgin', with vocabulary largely from English; spoken in the U.S. state of Hawaii, it replaced an earlier pidgin based on the Hawaiian language. [e]
- Human anatomy [r]: The study of shapes and structures of and within the human body. [e]
- Human and ape behavior [r]: Hypothesising behavioural characteristics of early hominids by observing the behaviour of members of the family Pongidae. [e]
- Human biology [r]: Interdisciplinary academic field of biology, biological anthropology, nutrition and medicine which focuses on humans. [e]
- Human capital [r]: the skills and knowledge embodied in labour [e]
- Human evolution [r]: The study of the physical and behavioral genetic adaptations of the species belonging to the subfamily hominidae. [e]
- Human geography [r]: The branch of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment. [e]
- Human papilloma virus (HPV) [r]: Papillomavirus that infects the epidermis and mucous membranes of humans, which cause warts, especially of the hands, feet, and genitals, with some strains believed to be a causative factor in cancer of the cervix, vagina, and vulva. [e]
- Kings of Chaos [r]: A text-based Massively Multiplayer Online Strategy Game. [e]
- Language (general) [r]: A type of communication system; this term is used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. [e]
- Life extension [r]: Medical and non-medical attempts to slow down or reverse the processes of aging, to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. [e]
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
- Mammal [r]: A warm-blooded animal with a backbone which also has hair, and produces milk to feeds its young. [e]
- Maximum life span [r]: Measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a group has been observed to survive between birth and death. [e]
- Mensa International [r]: society for people whose IQs are in the top 2% of the population; founded 1846. [e]
- Micro RNA [r]: Single-stranded RNA molecules of 21-23 nucleotides in length, which regulate gene expression. [e]
- Microorganism [r]: A 'germ', an organism that is too small to be seen individually with the naked eye. [e]
- Microscope [r]: An instrument that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. [e]
- Monkey [r]: A lay term for small bodied and often distantly related primates not considered prosimians, apes or humans. [e]
- Moon [r]: The only natural satellite of our planet, Earth. [e]
- Multiple sclerosis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). [e]
- Nativism (psychology) [r]: theory that certain traits of a species emerge from a mind that is already prepared for its environment, e.g. the language ability is not learned but 'acquired' due to innate processes. [e]
- Natural environment [r]: A term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region of Earth. [e]
- Natural language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. [e]
- Pannexin [r]: Member of a vertebrate family of proteins homologous to the invertebrate innexins, present to form channels that allow release of ATP in erythrocytes and taste receptor cells. [e]
- Panthera tigris (Tiger) [r]: Large carnivorous feline mammal of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes, a member of the Felidae family, and the largest of the four 'big cats' in the genus Panthera. [e]
- Penguin [r]: Large-bodied flightless birds found from their southernmost range on Antarctica to north on the Galapagos Islands at the equator. [e]
- Penis [r]: A male sexual organ for transmission of semen into the female reproductive tract. [e]
- Physical map [r]: Map which indicates location of landforms like deserts, mountains and plains, significant bodies of water, with country borders and major cities. [e]
- Piltdown hoax [r]: A paleoanthropological controversy involving the falsification of a fossil specimen to provide the missing link between apes and humans on the scale of modern human evolution. [e]
- Plant breeding [r]: The purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes, such as food production, forestry, and horticulture. [e]
- Political map [r]: Map that shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water. [e]
- Pollutant [r]: Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a natural resource or the health of humans, animals, or ecosystems. [e]
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [r]: The husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. [e]
- Protein [r]: A polymer of amino acids; basic building block of living systems. [e]
- Psycholinguistics [r]: Study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce language. [e]
- Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. [e]
- Red Dwarf (science fiction series) [r]: A science fiction situation comedy originally aired on British television by the BBC in 1988. [e]
- Rottweiler [r]: A large breed of dog known for its great physical strength and strong protective instinct. [e]
- Salt and health [r]: Article describing health effects of salt (sodium) in the diet, giving governments' recommendations for consumption. [e]
- Sex-determination system [r]: A biological process that determines the development of sexual gender. [e]
- Shrunken Heads [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sign language [r]: A system of language in which expressions are conveyed using body movements rather than the human voice. [e]
- Skin [r]: Membranous protective tissue forming the external covering or integument of an animal and consisting in vertebrates of the epidermis and dermis, and capable of receiving external sensory stimuli. [e]
- Space Race [r]: A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. [e]
- Speech Recognition [r]: The ability to recognize and understand human speech, especially when done by computers. [e]
- Spoken language [r]: An example of language produced using some of the articulatory organs, e.g. the mouth, vocal folds or lungs, or intended for production by these organs; alternatively, the entire act of communicating verbally - what people mean or intend, the words they use, their accent, intonation and so on. [e]
- Sunshine (2007 film) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sustainable development [r]: Pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. [e]
- Systematics [r]: The study of the diversity of organism characteristics, and how they relate via evolution. [e]
- The Sound Pattern of English [r]: A work on phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle, presenting a comprehensive view of the phonology of English, and stands as a landmark both in the field of phonology and in the analysis of the English language. [e]
- Tim White [r]: (b. 24 August 1950) American paleoanthropologist and professor of integrative biology, famous for his work on 'Lucy' as Australopithecus afarensis with discoverer Donald Johanson. [e]
- Transposon [r]: Blocks of conserved DNA that can occasionally move to different positions within the chromosomes of a cell. [e]
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]
