Are you curious about outer space? Space is filled with everything. Learning about it can be a little overwhelming for the average person. But NASA is taking steps to share their knowledge through a “baby steps” approach. Their first baby step is Moon Zoo. Moon Zoo is an interactive, free to use website that lets [...]
The recent volcano incident in Iceland has made people realize how volcanoes can disrupt your life. It is never a bad idea to be aware of any volcanoes near you and GlobalVolcanismProgram helps you with that. You can browse through the list of volcanoes for the whole world, see them on a map and even [...]
WorldWideTelescope does not give you access to a real-time telescope, however it gives you access to thousands of photos, aerial images and guided tours throughout the universe. You can choose to view the Earth, planets, the sky or a panorama. WorldWideTelescope is a part of Microsoft research and lets you explore lots of collections of [...]
It doesn’t matter if you are a casual bird enthusiast or a professional ornithologist, you are bound to like eBird. It is a great resource with tons of information on birds such as their frequency, arrivals and departures, high counts and much more. You can view this data as charts, histograms, tables or maps. The [...]
Popular Science is an American magazine that has been published every month since 1872 featuring news about scientific developments and new technologies. If you are a fan of Popular Science or of history for that matter, you’ll love this web resource. It contains complete archives of the popular science magazine online going back to 1872. [...]
Oddstruments is a unique site that showcases interesting and unusual musical instruments, gadgets, technology and anything which looks weird but cool. The site has two parts – the blog and information sharing section. The blog publishes articles on interesting inventions and discoveries in the field of music, art, science and technology. The information sharing section [...]
DiscoveryNews is a recently launched science and technology news website from Discovery Communications. It features breaking news and in-depth articles related to the Earth, Space, Tech, Animals, Dinosaurs, Archaeology, Human and History. You can search the website, browse articles by categories, leave comments and subscribe to content of your interest. The site also includes regular [...]
Anyone who is a Math major or took fundamental Math courses in college, sooner or later has to deal with matrices and do matrix calculations, which include multiplying matrices, finding determinant, rank, inverse and other operations. Doing these calculations manually takes quite some time. If you want to quickly perform these and other matrix operations, [...]
ThisDayInTech is an interesting online service from Wired.com. Every day it features a historical reference of events and inventions that happened on that day starting from 18th century, which in one way or another were important for the advancement of general technology. Subjects include transportation, physics, inventions, computers, Internet and others. Each article discusses how [...]
Get High Now is a cool website that lists 35 audio and visual illusions (“hallucinations”) which you can personally experience online, and use some of them to relax. If you are bored and looking for something to make you go WOW or even get high without any drugs or alcohol this is the website you [...]