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Data science
fromNature
23 hours ago

AI needs solid botanical data more than ever

The disappearance of specialized botany programs threatens biodiversity research and the effectiveness of AI in biotechnology.
fromDefector
2 months ago

Who The Hell Was This? | Defector

It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen papered over rocks, and worms slithered as only worms can. Here, almost all life stayed close to the ground. The second-tallest organism at the time, a plant called , grew to a few centimeters at most.
Science
fromForbes
2 months ago

Taxonomies Alone Won't Save Digital Advertising

The digital advertising industry has always been eager to create standards that simplify complexity. Taxonomies-structured systems for labeling content and products-are one such attempt. And while the IAB Tech Lab's new guidance to connect Content Taxonomy 2.1 with Ad Product Taxonomy 2.0 represents progress, it also raises a fundamental question: Is this really the evolution we need? Or is it just a neater version of a system that no longer fits the reality of how people engage with content?
Marketing tech
Science
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 months ago

There is as much life left to discover on planet Earth as that which is already known

Discovery and description of new species is accelerating across most taxonomic groups, with as many undiscovered species remaining as are already known.
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world's greatest taxonomists?

Mark Harvey has described over 1,000 new species of arachnids and other invertebrates through museum research and global fieldwork.
fromPortland Mercury
4 months ago

To whomever is tagging

"Shrimps is bugs" all over the city: Thank you for leading me to this rabbithole of scientific and taxonomic discovery.
Science
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fromwww.nature.com
5 months ago

Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous

Nanotyrannus is a distinct genus outside Tyrannosauridae containing two species, N. lancensis and N. lethaeus, confirmed by the mature specimen NCSM 40000.
Science
fromHarvard Gazette
6 months ago

A real butterfly effect - Harvard Gazette

A previously unknown butterfly collected by Alfred Russel Wallace has been identified as Euptychia andrewberryi and named in honor of Harvard biologist Andrew Berry.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
6 months ago

The Word 'Lobster' Is Built Upon The Crustacean's Creepy Appearance - Tasting Table

Lobsters resemble insects in appearance and have historically shared names with locusts, reflecting cultural confusion despite crustaceans being a distinct taxonomic group.
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philosophy
fromAeon
10 months ago

Defying classification, fantastical artworks reframe the racism of Carl Linnaeus | Aeon Videos

Báez's art reinterprets colonial and racist classifications, celebrating marginalized narratives and redefining their beauty.
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