By Melody Smith|November 14th, 20142014-11-13T22:15:31-05:00
After all these years, decades, and centuries of scientific investigation, new living organisms are still being discovered and identified. The hope that new life brings as other animal species are becoming extinct brings hope. At least twelve new species of butterflies/moths have been identified just this month.
By Melody Smith|November 13th, 20142014-11-12T21:25:14-05:00
Some people earn better when they are hands-on with a project. If that is the case for you, then this interesting and humorous exercise from The Biology Corner just might interest you.
By Melody Smith|November 12th, 20142014-11-12T01:42:36-05:00
New thesaursi seem to appear every day. The latest is unique for a variety of reasons. A new online thesaurus for Gaelic speakers interested in the historical environment has been created, with more than 4,000 terms included. This comes as part of the effort to promote Gaelic in as many areas of Scottish life as possible.
By Melody Smith|November 11th, 20142014-11-10T21:13:01-05:00
Do you find consolidating your thoughts into 140 characters or less a challenge? How can you intelligently get across a complex thought in just 140 characters without needing to use ugly and often illegible abbreviations?
By Melody Smith|November 11th, 20142014-11-10T21:09:43-05:00
The first volume in a series about creating and maintaining taxonomies is now available. "The Taxobook: History, Theories, and Concepts of Knowledge Organization" is written by our own Margie Hlava.
By Melody Smith|November 11th, 20142014-11-10T21:06:32-05:00
The Systematics Association is hosting a Young Systematists' Forum 2014 in London, UK on November 21, 2014. Being committed to furthering all aspects of Systematic biology, the Systematics Association is organizing a program of international conferences on key themes in Systematics, including a series of major biennial conferences. The association also supports a variety of training courses in systematics and awards grants in support of systematics research.
By Melody Smith|November 10th, 20142014-11-09T17:27:21-05:00
Election Day has once again come and gone. Incumbents are ousted, bills are passed, and the political ads have finally stopped, so now the fallout begins. But regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, there’s one thing you can be sure of: lobbying groups and political campaigns have utilized Big Data to try to secure your vote and will place an increasing amount of importance on it. On a smaller level, data analysis been happening in this realm for years, but really, it became huge during President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
By Melody Smith|November 10th, 20142014-11-09T17:07:12-05:00
Most companies have to implement a combination of integration solutions at one time or another. There are resources for application managers heading integration initiatives to use. This helps them in the research process to determine which category of solution is most likely to offer the features and capabilities needed to execute a successful integration strategy.
By Melody Smith|November 7th, 20142014-11-06T21:34:09-05:00
The 2014 edition of the CAB Thesaurus was published this summer (July 2014) by CABI, an inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization seeking to improve people’s lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.
By Melody Smith|November 6th, 20142014-11-05T21:37:16-05:00
Words like cognitive, intuitive, and semantic are often used interchangeably. However, these terms have distinct definitions that make them very different.
