Archive for the 'Alex's Blog' Category

Doctor Fungus among us

Friday, May 9th, 2008

By far the most timely science website I have ever come across. Doctor Fungus is chock full of life science information! Learn about fungus in your body, or all the fungus out in our world.

Good times. As if the name weren’t perfect enough…..

Popsci.com….the Future Channel

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Too cool. I love popsci.com for its zesty content and uncluttered layout. These guys chose a font that won’t make you go blind while trying to desperately cram as much content onto the home page as possible. You can read tons of popular science news, follow step by step guides to build stuff, or just browse about the gear, gadgets, military technology, entertainment & gaming if you are interested. I am……

HHMI-Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Cool Science

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

We all remember the Aviator no doubt. HHMI Cool Science invites curious kids to explore biology. Well illustrated and designed too. Kids will love the layout and educational science games like “Classifying Critters” and “Butterfly Life Science”. Take a look……

HHMI, a non-profit medical research organization that ranks as one of the nation’s largest philanthropies, plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the U.S. In the past two decades HHMI has made investments of more than $8.3 billion for the support, training, and education of the nation’s most creative and promising scientists. The Institute commits almost $700 million a year for research and distributes $80 million in grant support for science education.

Chemspider.com

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Think web 2.0 meets industry specific search engine……for chemists. Everyone has an online community they gravitate to based on social preferences, hobbies or professional affiliation. The chemistry software people at Chemzoo bring to the academic, chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech community this summary of Chemspider….”It has been built with the intention of aggregating and indexing chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository and make it available to everybody, at no charge.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Here’s Chemspider!

BiologyBrowser.org

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Talk about bio-diversity! The folks over at Thomson have a wonderful resource for biologists. This week’s pick is a really deep site concerning the biological goings-on here on planet Earth. Great info covering the latest biology news, research, job postings and a TON more….a free web portal for the biological research & student community; contains a subject-indexed database of evaluated weblinks across a wide range of life science disciplines (produced by Thomson Reuters) Perfect for students, librarians, even researchers. Check out the site

We’re back! Quickmath is my weekly site pick……

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Sporting a clean and well through out design, quickmath.com features something for everyone looking to answer their math questions automatically. Quickmath shows you how to solve a problem, step by step. The site covers Calculus, Algebra, Equations, Inequalities, and on and on. Get help with that difficult problem.

It is a free site, even better! Check them out.

Algebasics

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Algebra tutorials arranged in a concise, simple format that allows you to select an example of an equation and view the solution to the equation. It’s just that easy.

Website of the week: seedmagazine.com

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Blending art, science and design, Seed Magazine’s online offering has some killer content, and good looks for the sybaritic neuroscientist in all of us.

I cannot stop looking at this site. See it, read it, live it!

Life and Earth Sciences explained

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Biology-online.org is a complete life science reference tool for Biology and the Life Sciences. It is pretty snazzy looking, very web 2.0 looking design, to me at least. Clean layout means easy navigation. Check out their Wiki, Directory, and daily articles. They have discussion forums, and of course, Biology tutorials.

Physics can be so entertaining….Vectorpark.com

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Hours and hours of the physics behind levers and such will entertain you with its succint GUI and ingenious simplicity, In short, I like this site! Never has physics been so entertaining. Take a peek. http://www.vectorpark.com