February 4, 2012
Get a quick overview of the periodic table of elements, then zoom in on any element to find out more. It is a simple application to be sure, but one every science student who also uses Linux should check out. We’ve shown you Ubuntu chemistry applications for students, but we somehow missed this extremely simple and information-crammed version of the periodic table.
January 11, 2012
Are you a fellow space explorer? If you had the opportunity to experience what’s it’s like to be an astronaut, or even one of the many technical support crew that support space exploration, would you jump for it? The amazing thing about NASA, besides all of the mind-bending missions into outer space, is just how hard the space agency works to educate the general public about space.
December 5, 2011
Artificial Intelligence is not yet HAL from the 2001: The Space Odyssey…but we are getting awfully close. Sure enough, one day it could be as similar to the sci-fi potboilers being churned out by Hollywood. The scale of ambition is different, but AI programming is a full-fledged field in the cutting edge of science today. If you have some interest in the world of tomorrow, check out these websites to grasp what artificial intelligence is all about.
November 28, 2011
Another Stuff to Watch, another batch of mind-bending space videos! This week’s collection is comprised solely of videos shot from space, meaning all 6 films below were captured far away from the safety and comfort of the Earth’s atmosphere. So if you’re sitting in work (bored), why not engage in a little celestial wonder? You might learn something.
November 25, 2011
Remember Google Body Browser? This used to be a very cool Google Labs project that let you view a 3D map of the human body and learn about it. Well, it’s gone now, such is the way of some Labs projects. The company behind it, Zygote, says that that it will release it as a full product. But that doesn’t mean you have to wait, because BioDigital Human is available right now, for free.
August 17, 2011
The periodic table is one of the key fundamentals that you or your child has to master when it comes to mastering Chemistry. Fortunately, there are online tools available that can make the study not only easier, but also more fun. Here are five tools that can help you defeat the first stumbling block you are likely to face.
August 15, 2011
You’ve probably read that the US space agency NASA have a rich, free line-up of apps and online services just waiting to be explored. This isn’t to say that NASA is the final word when it comes to astronomy, space travel and cosmic education.
Here are 6 non-NASA iOS apps to give your thumbs and brain a cosmic workout.
August 2, 2011
Science has gone social. Research scientists maybe crunching away at their super-computers but they aren’t neglecting the remarkable potential of the most powerful computer of all – the human brain. When you put a few billion together you get a massive neural network that no computer can match.
August 1, 2011
Unless you’ve been living under a rock all your life, you’ve probably stared at the night sky wondering what all their names are and what stars actually make up which constellations. I’ve wondered about this many times, and I still do. But my curiosity can now be quenched thanks to a fantastic open source program that delivers in spectacular fashion.
June 15, 2011
One of the things I’m always on the lookout for when searching for free apps to review are more cool space explorer apps or websites but most of them amount to nothing more than novelty apps. So I was pretty excited to come across Solar Model 2, because aside from being able to explore space in an advanced graphical rendering engine, it also lets enthusiasts and students “measure” space.
