Science & Technology News

• Science
• Nature
• American Scientist
• Science News
• Physics Today
• The Physics Teacher
• What's New - by Bob Park

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• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• NASA Tech Briefs
• ASME NEWS Online
• Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online
• Machine Design
• MIT's Technology Review
• American Heritage of Invention & Technology
• Air&Space Smithsonian Magazine
• Make Magazine

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• PhysLINK
• SciCentral.com
• ScienceDaily Magazine
• Science @ NASA

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• Aerotech News and Review
• Space.com
• SpaceRef
• NASA Watch
• STSPlus TLEs - Dave Ransom Software
• NASA Human Space Flight
• NASA TV
• SPACEWARN Bulletin
• Jonathan's Space Report
• SpaceDaily

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Aerospace Technology

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
• The Project Apollo Archive
• Apollo 8 Flight Journal
• The Space Race

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• JPL Basics of Space Flight
• NASA Aerospace Dictionary
• See How It Flies
• Aerodynamics Online Text

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• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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• U. S. Air Force Fact Sheets
• Global Aircraft.org

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• Airliners.net photo archive
• NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Gallery
• NASA Image Exchange
• Unusual Aviation Pictures

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• Spacecraft Escaping the Solar System
• United States Air Force Museum
• Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
• Stoenworks Aviation Home Page
• Explosive Decompression and Vacuum Exposure

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Astrophysic / Astronomy

• NASA/NSSDC Planetary Sciences
• The Nine Planets
• NASA Astronomical Data Center Home page
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
• U of Sheffield Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
• Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy

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• Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial - UCLA
• Mark Whittle's Stuff - Cosmological Sounds

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• Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
• Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
• Latest HST Pictures
• The 26 Nearest Stars
• The 26 Brightest Stars
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Earth and Moon Viewer

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• JPL Near Earth Object Program
• JPL Solar System Dynamics
• JPL Astronomical Unit (AU) Defined
• American Astronomical Society Home Page
• Arecibo Observatory Home Page

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Math

• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
• HyperMath
• Wolfram Functions
• Karl's Calculus Tutor
• History of Mathematics Archive - Famous Mathematicians, Famous Curves

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• The Names of Large and Small Numbers
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography
• Stephen Wolfram: Official Web Site

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• Mathematica
• Mathematica Resource Library
• Mathcad
• Matlab

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• SISA - Online Statistical Analysis

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Physics

• Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
• HyperPhysics
• Foundations - Articles by Greg Egan
• Motion Mountain - The Online Physics Textbook
• UM-StL Motion-at-Any-Speed

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• Table of the Nuclides
• National Nuclear Data Center
• Particle Data Group
• Physical Sciences Resource Center
• The Radiation Information Network
• NIST Physics Laboratory home page
• Sandia National Laboratories - Technical Library

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• John Baez's Stuff
• The Oh-My-God Particle
• Entropy Site

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• Particle accelerators (SLAC)
• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos

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Chemistry

• WebElements Periodic Table
• The Orbitron - Atomic and molecular electron orbitals
• Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
• The Visual Elements Periodic Table
• Periodic Tables - alternate formats
• The Chemical Galaxy
• David's Whizzy Periodic Table - nice views of ionization energies
• Periodic Table of Ions - made for Earth sciences
• Table of the Nuclides
• Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Formulas, Processes and Trade Secrets, 1912

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Engineering

• The Great Idea Finder - History of Technology
• Engineer's Edge
• eFunda
• Eng-Tips - Forums For engineering Professionals
• The Engineer's Companion: home of the sci.engr.* FAQs
• Metallurgy FAQ v1.0
• MatWeb: the Free Online Materials Property Database
• Welcome to Basics Of Design Engineering

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• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education

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• Free Patent Lookup

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Science / Technology Popularizers

• Yahoo! Groups : howthingswork
• Mark Kinsler's Page
• Animated Engines
• David Goodstein's Home Page
• How Things Work - U of V / Louis Bloomfield
• HowStuffWorks / Marshall Brain
• Erik Max Francis
• Bill Hammack's Engineering & Life
• Engines of our Ingenuity
• FIRST / Dean Kamen
• Dr Karl's Homepage
• Santa Barbara Science / Brian Rich
• Chemistry Places to go: Chemistry Demonstrations for Educators
• Rare earth magnets for fun and profit
• The Ultimate Can Crush Physics Experiment
• The jet powered beer cooler
• Sam Barros' POWERLABS! Science in action!
• Powersof10.com
• NSTA - National Science Teachers Association

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Units Conversion / Calculators

• NIST - Links to on-line unit conversions
• Online Conversion - Convert anything to anything else
• Unit Converter Pro - Unit conversion shareware
• OmniCon - Unit conversion shareware
• Convert - Unit conversion freeware

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• The Calculator Home Page
• Online Calculators
• Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center

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Critical Thinking

• What is Occam's Razor?
• James Randi Educational Foundation - Home Page
• Penn & Teller: BULLSHIT!
• Donald Simanek's Pages (Museum of Unworkable Devices)

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• Bad Astronomy
• The Greatest Myths, Hoaxes & Mysteries in Astronomy and Space Science
• The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

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• FAS - Federation of American Scientists
• The Center for Consumer Freedom
• Radiation, Science, and Health

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• Critical Thinking On The Web
• The Logical Fallacies: Table of Contents

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• Snopes Urban Legend Reference Pages
• The About Network - Urban Legend and folklore

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Maps

• Expedia
• Google Maps
• NASA - World Wind
• NASA - JPL Web Map Service
• USGS - Seamless Data Distribution System
• Microsoft Terraserver

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Weather

• NCAR Real Time Weather Data
  • JAX - NEXRAD Regional Radar
  • MLB - NEXRAD Regional Radar
  • AMX - NEXRAD Regional Radar
  • TBW - NEXRAD Regional Radar
  • TLH - NEXRAD Regional Radar
• National Weather Service Doppler Radar
  • JAX - Long Range Base Reflectivity
  • MLB - Long Range Base Reflectivity
  • AMX - Long Range Base Reflectivity
  • TBW - Long Range Base Reflectivity
  • TLH - Long Range Base Reflectivity

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• NOAA - Home Page
• NOAA - National Weather Service
• NOAA - National Hurrucane Center - Tropical Prediction Center
• NOAA - Interactive Weather Information Network
• NOAA - Space Environment Center

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• Storm Tracking - current & historical
• Intellicast
• The Weather Channel
• U. S. Weather Pages

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Dictionaries / Thesauruses

• Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• SYMBOLS - Encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms
• Dictionary of Science and Technology
• Acronym Search
• Acronym Finder

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• Latin Phrases 1
• Latin Phrases 2
• Latin - English
• English - Spanish

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Law

• FindLaw
• Cornell Legal Information Institute
• Nolo - Law for All

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Social / Cultural

• CIA World Factbook
• FedStats Home Page

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• U. S. and World Energy Production and Consumption Statistic - USGS
• BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2002
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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• National Archives and Records Administration
• Library of Congress
• The History Place

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• Census Bureau Home Page
• U. S. City / State / Zip Code lookup
• U. S. Zip + 4 lookup

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• Commodities Current Prices
• Inflation conversion factors for dollars of 1700 to est. 2010 to dollars of CPI, 1995 to 2001
• XE.com - The World's Favorite Currency Site
• OANDA.com, The Currency Site
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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• Trapezium
• Beliefnet.com - Vatican recants re Galileo
• NGO Watch
• Atlas - Wars and Democide of the Twentieth Century
• The Quotations Page
• Edge
• Armor Geddon

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Miscellany

• The Nuclear Weapon Archive - Cary Sublette's Guide to Nuclear Weapons
• Johnston's Archive - Nuclear weapons data
• Criticality Safety Information Resource Center - CSIRC Library
• Trinity Atomic Web Site - Nuclear Weapons History, Technology, and Consequences
• Atomic Veterans History Project
• MILNET - Nuclear Wapons
• Atomic Archive - Nuclear Weapons History
• Chuck Hansen's Swords of Armageddon
• Children of the Manhattan Project
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• NIH Iodine-131 Fallout Report (very interesting maps)
• Human Radiation Experiments - DOE
• Atmospheric Nuclear Test Technical Reports - Defense Nuclear Agency
• Race for the Superbomb - PBS American Experience documentary
• U. S. Nuclear Accidents

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• USPTO Databases: Patent Full-Text and Bibliographic
• Delphion Intellectual Property Network to search, view and analyze patent collections worldwide.

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• US Army Training and Doctrine Digital Library
• Air Force Link - Library
• Military Personnel Statistics

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• NTIS Web Site Home Page
• DOE Office of Science & Technology

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• The official U.S. time

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• Greg Egan's Home Page

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• File Manager For Forms - IRS

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• Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests

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• Kelley Blue Book - Used Car Values
• Edmund's ® Automobile Buyer's Guide

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• Snarg(life)
• Zapato Productions Intradimensional
• The Classic Concordance of Cacographic Chaos - The Chaos, Gerald Nolst Trenité
• Waka Waka Bang Splat

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• My WAN IP
• Shields UP! - Firewall test
• SysInternals
• Downright Useful Downloads
• Security Info - Cryptography

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