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01 Nov 2023 — 1 min read

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1 heartbeat; 464 skin cells shed; 81 mL of blood pumped by your heart; 1 mL of blood filtered by your kidneys; 100 billion neurons are each firing off 5-50 action; 432 micrometers of hair grown.

This is the amount of miracle that is happening for every second in your body. Here at Bio Pao, we aim to provide a platform where the marvels of biology are put into words and shared across the community. We divide our contents into:

Molecular biology
Cellular biology
Physiology
Ecology

The Evolution of Eyes

This was only a simple version of an explanation about the evolution of eyes. The professional article was from https://www.nature.com/articles/eye2017226 Intro The monocellular organism Erythropsidinium evolved to have an eye (the structure where the arrow pointed to is its eye) to track prey and catch

The Prehistoric Giants of the Sky – The Azhdarchids

By Jackey Lu Y12 Azhdarchids are the Cretaceous's giant flying storks (long-neck wading birds with long heavy bills). Plenty of articles about them had been written, especially about the record-breaking pterosaurs, the largest of which managed to stand at giraffe height, towering over all in its ecosystem (except

Cat Hairball: A Hairy Dilemma

By Winnie Wang Y11 Your cat crouches, extends her neck, and a few seconds later, hacks and gags in distress, with a fresh roll of mashed-up substance in the front. This must be a very familiar scene to those people who have been raising cats for a long time. Yet

Silent Stones with Growing Pains: Gallstones

By Sylvia Wang Y10 Gallstones form when the bile stored in the gallbladder becomes solid and stone-like. These stones are called “silent” because they usually don’t instigate any pain. These small, hard formations can cause discomfort and complications. Gallstones may block bile ducts and cause inflammation of the gallbladder,

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The Evolution of Eyes

The Prehistoric Giants of the Sky – The Azhdarchids

Cat Hairball: A Hairy Dilemma

Silent Stones with Growing Pains: Gallstones