public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags research & science

December 2006

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society

by 2 others
"Our interests extend to the wondrous, the curious, the singular, the esoteric, the arcane, and the sometimes hazy frontier between the plausible and the implausible." a whacky collection

Plants In Motion

"Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things." various phases of plant life, both on cellular and external level

Gene Pool

by 2 others
a science game: "a virtual Darwinian aquarium .. you initiate a primordial soup, and .. check up on what Virtual Mother Nature is up to - about every 15 min. (or every few days)"

November 2006

HHMI's BioInteractive

by 1 other
excellent science site with explanations and many visuals; interesting site design

Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies

From philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience: Identity, Consciousness, Knowledge, Pathologies of the Self, Personalism, Narrative, Gender, Medical Ethics, Embodiment, Social Construction, Ethics, Politics, Law, Medicine. . .

illusions.html

a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these

Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology

by 2 others
large portal, includes cultural geography, ethnic studies, visual arts, postmodern anthropology

Librarian Chick - tools for learning

by 4 others
links to resources like Books/Audio books, Calculators, Collaboration, Student Loans, Foreign Language, Graphs/Presentation, Lectures, Notes/Writing, Online Learning, Poetry, Reference, Science/Space, Test Taking/Prep

October 2006

Main Page - AcademicBlogs

by 1 other
A wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!

by 4 others
Check out how blogs work, how MySpace works, how DSL works, how digital cameras work; also how to buy....

September 2006

Intute - the best Web resources for education and research

by 4 others
UK academics and researchers write entries on many topics of interest, a bit like an encyclopedia that you ask questions of.

June 2006

Sciencedaily

by 11 others
Top daily new stories in many health and science categories. A top news site.