Biggest Virus Yet Found, May Be Fourth Domain of Life?
As I study biology and microbiology in college, the more I realize that taxonomy and phylogeny classification schemes are essentially bullshit. Bioinformatics and evolution research have shown "life" to be much more ambiguous and mysterious than we could have ever imaged. Modern classification schemes are so arbitrary and error-prone as to be essentially just a painful way to satisfy scientists' compulsion to shove things into neat little cubbies and has the negative side-effect of scaring students away from an otherwise fascinating subject. The professors I've spoken with tend to agree.<p>Edit: added "classification schemes" after taxonomy and phylogency to clear up confusion