The African Wildlife Foundation works to conserve the wild animals of Africa and their habitats.The Alzheimer Research Forum is a non-profit organization established to support the information needs of researchers and to promote openness and collaboration worldwide.
Alzheimers.com is another informative site on this pressing subject. Quite a bit more personal than the above site, it's more for the layperson.
The Amazing Randi (AKA James Randi) has spent his life debunking spurious claims of "psychic" phenomenon. His site is filled with his philosophy, bibliography, demonstrations of how certain tricks are performed, and links to other sites.
American Academy of Neurology is a professional organization representing neurologists around the world. The site gives information on a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, and migraine.
The American Medical Association now has a site whose mission it is to "continue to lead the world in the collection, validation, and distribution of the most reliablemedical, health, and professional information by using new and varied media to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health."
The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program leads you to a different organization that takes you frog fishing, warns you of the dangers of eating frog legs and recommends some eateries around the U.S. that serve them and some recipes. Plus the Naamp publishes some froggy poetry.
Antarctica although officially called Glacier this site is a more about Antarctica than simply about glaciers, with an overview of the continent, information on the water around Antarctica, the daily weather report, etc.
David Hanon's Astronomical CCD Imaging Page features pictures of Comet Hyakutake and other astronomical phenomena taken with his seven-inch f/9 refractor and ccd camera.
The Fremont (Michigan) High School Astronomy Home Page is an excellent site run by the students with a "what's new" area, a tour of contstellations, a picture archive, recommended reading, and other astronomy links.
Jeff MacQuarrie's Astronomy Site is filled with mysterious celestial music to accompany gorgeous photographs taken electronically, of various comets, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae. This site, which also provides astronomy resources, is a must.
The Backyard Bat Page is a labor of love, with all kinds of information about our insect-eating friends, who often get a bad rap. How to build a bat house, myths about the bat, a bat newsletter, color photos, etc.
Bat Conservation International is for people who want to know more about bats.
The Bear Den tells you everything you've always wanted to know about big bears little bears from the Giant Panda (which is not really that big) to the Brown Bear, which encompasses the Kodiak from Alaska (which is).
Better Health and Medical Network is a support and information site with chatboards, a library with information on everything from Addiction, through heartburn and spinal disorders, health news, and a great search engine.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry
The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, sponsored by the University of Arizona.
BIOSIS is a publisher of biological abstracts and zoological Record. Very informative but quite dull design. Codes of nomenclature, resources for biologists, reviews.
HMS Beagle is a biomedical newletter with articles on "Why in the world would she choose him?" Why indeed?
Dr. Bob's Interesting Science Stuff
Cassini: The Mission is on its way to Saturn after launching October 15, and this wonderful site run by Nasa tells you all about the mission's aims and progress, with loads of photographs.
National Caves Association is a non-profit organization of publicly and privately owned show caves and caverns--caves developed for public visitation. All are natural caves or caverns beneath the surface of the earth.
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has an excellent site of exhibits including a series on egg development culminating in the hatching of a chick.
The WWF Global Network, the world's largest independent conservation organization, provides comprehensive news and information on all aspects of conservation and the environment.
The Coral Forest is run by an organization dedicated to protecting the coral reefs.
The Unofficial Richard Dawkins Webpage.
Diabetes is a site about living with diabetes.
The Discovery Channel Canada is an excellent science site with information from all over the world.
Understanding Earthquakes seems pretty self-explanatory.
Albert Einstein Online is dedicated to man who brought us E=MC2.
Electronic Zoo is all about animals and is run by Ken Boschert, DVM, Associate Director of Washington University Division of Comparative Medicine.
WebElements shows the periodic table of the elements, and has information on the history, background, properties, and uses of all the elements.
The El Niño Theme Page is a comprehensive site about the workings of this "disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific" and its consequences for weather around the globe.
Entomologia is a beautiful Italian site (with English) on butterflies and beetles.
Environmental Resource Management is a global organization working with clients to create sound environment, health, and safety.
EurekAlert posts up-to-date news on research in science, medicine, and engineering and is produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound is located in Rosamond, California. I've been there and it's a wonderful place to see ocelots, Siberian Tigers, cougars, leopards and other exotic large cats. But more importantly, this is an educational facility attempting to preserve endangered felines.
The Exploratorium is a great "hands-on" museum in San Francisco. Its homepage is a perfect teaching tool for children and young adults with electronic versions of the most popular exhibits, a step-by-step cow dissection, and a commemoration of and commentary on the bombing of Nagasaki.
Father Nature's Website is actually David Mitchell's site, wherein he explains his theories for earthquake prevention, how to cure aids, and his mnemonic memory system.
Flying Contraptions is a terrific site run by a guy willing to share his magnificent obsessions with weird flying machines with all of us.
Forensic Science provides the layperson with an easy understanding of forensic science, that is "any aspect of science as it relates to the law."
France's National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, Fractals: A collection of fractal art maintained at France's National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.
The Froggy Page "contains links to froggy things from various places on the net, for your enjoyment."
The Galileo Project, although still under construction, is an ambitious hypertext look at the life and times and research of Galileo Galilei.
Geometry--what more can I say? It's the only math subject in high school that I did great in, mostly because of a wonderful teacher. The Geometry Center is a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota.
In Search of the Giant Squid, a site that is self-explanatory, is brought to you by the Smithsonian.
The Global Volcanism Program seeks better understanding of all volcanoes through documenting their eruptions--small as well as large--during the past 10,000 years.
Global Warming is something most of us worry about only when we read about it in the news. Here's the scoop from the Environmental Protection Agency and it's not all that comforting. But in addition to the warnings about the impact of global warning, the EPA explains steps being taken "to reduce, avoid, and better understand the risks associated with climate change."
The Gorilla Foundation was established in 1976, to promote the protection, preservation and propagation of gorillas. The primary program of the foundation involves teaching American Sign Language to two lowland gorillas, Koko and Michael. Project Koko, is the longest continuous interspecies communication project of its kind in the world.
Greenpeace Canada is the website for the Canadian branch of this environmental organization.
Stephen Hawking was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death in 1942. He holds Isaac Newton's chair as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein, he is the author of Black Holes and Baby Universes, a collection of essays published in 1993, as well as numerous scientific papers and books, including, in 1988, A Brief History of Time, which has been translated into forty languages, and sold over nine million copies.
The Health Care News Server provides daily news for physicians, nurses and other healthcare and managed care professionals.
Health Direct is a site whose stated mission is "raising everyone's level of awareness on health issues." It contains daily news updates on health from Reuters and Yahoo, lists of AMA approved physicians, side effects of commonly taken prescription drugs, and lots of other useful information.
Combined Health Information Database is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government providing titles, abstracts, and availability of information on resources for various diseases, conditions, and health programs.
Health Line Service On the Health Line Service you can see live surgery, first time ever shown as it happened with commentary by the surgeon
Herper's Bizarre is a site devoted to amphibians--fun facts, first aid tips, how to culture crickets for your critters, etc.
HIV InSite calls itself the gateway to AIDS knowledge. It includes material on the latest findings in clinical research, social issues, prevention and education, and a host of other important topics related to this disease.
HIVpositive.com is another site about HIV.
More on the Hubble and what it does, this site sponsored by the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Hubble is another Hubble site.
The Human Genome Project site is hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Want to find out what each individual chromosome in your body does? Which one causes which diseases and why? This project intends to inform you in words and pictures. Fascinating.
Hurricane Watching for Kids is brought to you by the Miami Museum of Science.
Hurricane Hunters or you can hunt them virtually and find out more information about them at this site.
Idea Futures is a futures market for scientific theories and ideas. Bet, invest, and speculate.
Incan Mummies allows you to follow an expedition into the Andes to search for Incan mummies and artifacts. The site accompanies a PBS special on the expedition.
National Center for Infectious Diseases has been a leader in efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases for nearly half a century. Established as the Communicable Disease Center in 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, CDC's responsibilities have expanded over the years and continue to evolve as the agency addresses other threats to health, such as injuries and environmental and occupational hazards.
Innovation is the companion to the three-part PBS series featuring the latest in ground-breaking biomedical treatments and research. The net version expands on the stories, explains the medicine, and features original animations that highlight these breakthroughs.
Insect Recipes: How much do you really like insects? Enough to try check out the Insect Recipe Pages? Anyone for Banana Worm Bread or Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies?
International Museum of Surgical Science portrays many of the personalities, failures, and breakthroughs that have shaped modern surgery. They house a collection of over 7000 surgery related objects, rare manuscripts and works of art.
International Space Station is another site sponsored by NASA. The site is a spotlight on the goal to "create a gateway to permanent human presence in space for the expansion of knowledge benefitting all people and nations."
Invertebrates, a sub-group under the Electronic Zoo, is a wonderful site to check out your favorite bugs, arachnids, molluscs, worms, etc. The sea monkey worship homepage is under here, too.
The Johns Hopkins AIDS Site states as its goal: "to deliver a comprehensive, reliable and timely source of information for HIV/AIDS care providers, with the hope that the information presented here will be both enlightening and eminently useful in the clinical management of HIV-infected patients."
Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer, formulated the three laws of planetary motion.
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction was a hot topic of conversation in the 50s after Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female were published. And a very young Jane Fonda starred in the movie version of Irving Wallace's novel The Chapman Report, a thinly disguised Kinsey Report. You might want to check out what the institute is up to these days.
Jim Freund's Hour of the Wolf/Liberty Science Center
Life in the Universe is a very interesting site intended as an accompaniment to Stephen Hawkings' CD-ROM of the same title. Nice sound effect of a train demonstrating doppler shift.
MAFF, UK: BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) is a Mad Cow page.
The Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page
Mad Science, or why can't we do that?
Center for Marine Conservation is committed to protecting ocean environments and conserving the global abundance and diversity of marine life. Check this site out to find out what you can do to help.
The Mars Pathfinder Mission if you have to ask what this is about, you just haven't been paying attention.
The Mayo Clinic sponsors an online health network and newsletter.
Migraine Information Center is for sufferers of this debilitating condition.
Mir Space Station is a site with the history, updated news, design, etc. of the mishap-ridden Russian space station.
Moomilk provides the story of milk plus a magazine, a virtual tour of a dairy farm, games and fun facts for kids, and an online community for dairy producers and suppliers.
What is a Mummy? How and why the Egyptians made them is the focus of this fascinating website.
The International Society for Mushroom Science is dedicated to furthering the cultivation of various kinds of edible (including medicinal) macrofungi called mushrooms. Yum yum.
Nanocomputer Dream Team--a world-wide team of professional and amateur scientists are gathering on the net to create the World's first Nano-meter SuperComputer. And you can be part of it.
Nanotechnology Study Group is sponsored by NASA is ideal for those interested in staying abreast of the latest breakthroughs of the field.
National Biological Service The BRD mission is "to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources."
National Science Foundation: For the science behind the news check out the *Why* files sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous(NEAR) Mission promises to answer fundamental questions about the nature and origin of near-Earth objects, such as the numerous asteroids and comets in the vicinity of Earth's orbit. It is the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
Nukem Nuclear Technologies Nuclear Engineering, Waste Management, and Decommissioning Services.
Odonology --wonder what that is? It's the study of Damselflies and Dragonflies. Research. Lots of research.
Organ Donations is a site with information on all aspects of this issue for medical professionals, patients, and family members.
University of California Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
Outbreak will give all you lovers of The Hot Zone and The Coming Plague the willies. It's an important site for information on outbreaks of emerging diseases throughout the world.
Virtual Encyclopedia on Parrots has photographs, taxonomy, information on breeding and nutrition. Basically an all around guide for identifying our talkative feathered friends.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Health and Science Magazine has a web site. You can learn more about such topics as how scientists are studying fruit flies to discover the link between human behavior and genes, how bats are good for you, and about the progress being made in the study of diabetes.
PhysLink provides comprehensive resource tools for physicists and physics students.
Popular Science has a website that covers automotive news, computers, science, electronics, and home tech.
Social Behavior of Polistine Wasps
ReproLine is an educational, nonprofit source of up-to-date information (reference materials and presentation graphics) on selected reproductive health topics, including family planning.
UniSci: Research News From American Universities is where you can learn about recent research.
SciCentral is a science and engineering metadirectory maintained by professional scientists whose mission is to identify and centralize access to the most valuable scientific resources online.
Scientific Computing and Automation is a good source for information on new technology.
The Sea-Monkey Worship Homepage
Shark Realities, part of the Discovery Channel online, follows scientists who are studying these often intimidating predators.
Turtle Trax-A Sea Turtle Page is devoted to Marine turtles, many of which are "threatened" or "endangered" species.
The Skeptical Inquirer has been publishing entertaining articles debunking certain passionately held beliefs for years and now you can read (some of) it online as well as in print. Alien abduction, the value of aromotherapy, ghosts, and near death experiences. All can be explained away.
Small Comets are compared to snowballs in space (albeit, snowballs the size of a house) on these pages specializing on the subject, housed on the University of Iowa website.
Space Law is now available in one place from the Archimedes Institute, which was formed to facilitate the development of sensible and efficient legal standards for development of the solar system. On its site there is an extensive library of space law and policy documents.
Space Science Institute is dedicated to excellence in integrating scientific research, education, and public outreach programs on space science.
The Space Shuttle clickable map
Survival Research Laboratories
Tarantulas are tucked into a module of the National Geographic website. Look at the photographs of eight of the eight-nine hundred(!) species, look up the life cycle and anatomy. Beautiful and informative.
Theremin: The theremin is an instrument played by waving your hands over it. The eerie music in The Day the Earth Stood Still and the Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" is theremin music. I saw a documentary about its Russian-born inventor. He had an incredible life--after living in the United States after World War II, he visited the Soviet Union in the 50s, was spirited away, and basically disappeared for about 20 years.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The University of Oregon physics students' home page has plenty of information and experiments
American Veterinary Medical Association is an informative site with news and health tips on all creatures great and small.
All the Virology on the WWW that you can eat (oops, wrong url) is a full table of contents that links to all the virology websites.
Virology Down Under provides information on the subject of virology (including such areas as immunology, haematology, diagnostics histopathology, pathology, and even some rudimentary anatomy and physiology). Much more accessible than it sounds.
The Virtual Body is an interactive presentation of the human body presented by Columbia Healthcare Corporation.
Virtual Chaos is a Theory of Everything.
The Virtual Fly Lab--design and mate your own flies
Weather or not you are a rocket scientist, this site run by the Franklin Institute gives clear concise information about how to set up your own weather station, how to read radar, and explains what causes fog, lightning, tornadoes, and that ubiquitous son of a gun, El Niño.
The Weather Channel homepage gives you all the weather fit to print.
WeatherPost is The Washington Post's site for detailed weather forecasts all over the world.
Wendell's Yucky Bug World is a treat for bug- lovers, particularly kids, with its photos, drawings, "interviews" and interesting tidbits about roaches, leeches, worms as recyclers. Adults should definitely take a look too.
The North American Wolf Association (NAWA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to wolf recovery, rescue, reintroduction and Preservation through Education.
Worm World: Everything you wanted to know about the lowly worm can be found in Worm World.
Xavier Carnegie Mellon University has a robot named Xavier you can order around campus who will torture students and professors with knock-knock jokes.
Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
The Yuckiest Site on the Web is the perfect science site for kids--informative and entertaining.
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