The Encyclopedia of Life, No Bookshelf Required
February 27, 2008 | Source: New York Times
Scientists are building a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, dedicated to documenting all species on Earth.
Spearheaded by Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson with $50 million initial funding, the first 30,000 pages will be introduced on Thursday this week. Within a decade, they predict, they will have the other 1.77 million.