Favorite Science Webpages

Ken W. Smith

 

Begin with Wikipedia.  Many science questions are answered in detail and clarity on the Wikipedia pages!

 

Astronomy and Space Exploration

á       Astronomy Picture of the Day

á       Sky tonight

á       Space

á       Astronomy Magazine

á       SpaceWeather

á       Astronomy Online

á       Sky and Telescope

á       Hubble photos

á       Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset

á       SLOOH, your own personal telescope

á       International Supernovae Network

                       Keep up with recent supernovae found in nearby galaxies

 

Weather

á       Weather Underground

á       Weather Channel's forecast for Mt. Pleasant, MI

á       National Weather Service forecast for Mt. Pleasant, MI

á       Wunderground radar for central Michigan

á       National Hurricane Center

á       Hurricane Tracking at Terrapin.com

 

Earth Science

á       Earth Science Picture of the Day

á       National Geographic Adventure

á       Google maps

á       Google earth – fly over the country without leaving your computer.

á       Terra fly – similar to Google earth.

á       Mapmart (aerial photography)

 

Online Science Journals

á       MITÕs Technology Review

á       BBCÕs Science and Nature

á       Discover Magazine

o      (See the Dec 06 article on the million dollar math problems.)

á       Nature

á       New Scientist

á       Popular Science

á       Red Orbit

á       NY Times Science section

á       Science Magazine (AAAS)

á       Smithsonian

á       Science Daily

á       Science News

á       American Scientist

o      (See the review of two books on Cayley and Sylvester.)

 

Miscellanea

á       National Science Digital Library

á       What Works

á       Digital Nature Guide (free Windows software)

 

Last updated December 2, 2006