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List of life sciences
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<p>This list of life sciences comprises the <a href="/facts/Branches_of_science/tKykGyUj">branches of science</a> that involve the scientific study of life – such as <a href="/facts/Microorganism/pysJYcE2">microorganisms</a>, <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plants</a>, and <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a> including <a href="/facts/Human_being/rlcTENsr">human beings</a>. This science is one of the two major branches of <a href="/facts/Natural_science/8hg81Q2p">natural science</a>, the other being <a href="/facts/Physical_Science/30ztjEKK">physical science</a>, which is concerned with non-living matter. <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">Biology</a> is the overall <a href="/facts/Natural_science/8hg81Q2p">natural science</a> that studies life, with the other life sciences as its sub-disciplines. </p><p>Some life sciences focus on a specific type of organism. For example, <a href="/facts/Zoology/6Kj13mBt">zoology</a> is the study of animals, while <a href="/facts/Botany/PaIRoxnb">botany</a> is the study of plants. Other life sciences focus on aspects common to all or many life forms, such as <a href="/facts/Anatomy/p8TCWJuV">anatomy</a> and <a href="/facts/Genetics/bu8wne0A">genetics</a>. Some focus on the micro-scale (e.g. <a href="/facts/Molecular_biology/YgqU35ub">molecular biology</a>, <a href="/facts/Biochemistry/fa2pWEBp">biochemistry</a>) other on larger scales (e.g. <a href="/facts/Cell_biology/kdIBGHub">cytology</a>, <a href="/facts/Immunology/vylm0L8e">immunology</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethology/dM3CpysA">ethology</a>, pharmacy, ecology). Another major branch of life sciences involves understanding the <a href="/facts/Mind/Y5JhtFj4">mind</a> – <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a>. Life sciences discoveries are helpful in improving the quality and standard of life and have applications in health, agriculture, medicine, and the pharmaceutical and food science industries. For example, it has provided information on certain diseases which has overall aided in the understanding of human health. </p>