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What Is Moving Clip Art and How Should You Use Animated GIFs on a Web Page?

Moving clip art is ordinary clip art that has been animated — most often saved as an animated GIF — so a house bounces, a word fa…

What Is the Phasmida Species File and How Do You Use It?

The Phasmida Species File is a taxonomic, nomenclatural, and bibliographic database covering the world's stick and leaf insects (…

What Is Taxonomy and How Do Taxonomic Databases Work?

Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms into hierarchical groups, and a taxonomic database is th…

What Is Cytoscape and What Can You Do With It?

Cytoscape is an open-source software platform for visualizing and analyzing complex networks, and it is most widely used for biol…

Houseplant Care Basics: How to Keep Indoor Plants Healthy

Most houseplants die from two fixable problems: too little light for the species you bought, and too much water. Get those two ri…

What Are Bacteria and How Should You Read Bacteria Research News?

Bacteria are single-celled organisms with no nucleus (prokaryotes) that live almost everywhere, including inside you. They are no…

How to Follow Animal Science News Without Getting Lost in the Hype

Animal science news on a site like ScienceDaily covers everything from paleontology to veterinary medicine, and the word "animals…