The Earth is roughly four and a half billion years old. During most of that time—i.e. over the course of some four billion years—the geological and biological development on our planet happened unbelievably slow. How can we possibly form even a faint idea of this unimaginable process that is the history of the Earth?
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MICROPIA is a permanent show within the zoo in Amsterdam. It presents knowledge about animals whom we share our lives with but never see – microbes…
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So, as everyone talks about big data and everyone’s putting together large structured databases: How do you actually USE this abundance of information? How do you MAKE SENSE of it? Over the past few years, biologists and evolution theorists have gathered highly complex databases about biodiversity on Earth – not just now, but throughout the…
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