Health and Natural Sciences Internet Sites List

 

 
Animal Behavior
Archaeology
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biology
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Cell Biology
Chemistry

Computer Science
Conservation Science
Critical Thinking
Earth Science
Engineering
Entomology
Environmental Science
Genetics
Geography
Geology
Geophysics
Health Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Medicine
Meteorology
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Oceanography
Paleontology
Physical Science
Physics
Planetary Science
Primatology
Science Education
Space Science
Statistics
Technology
Zoology

 

 

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior Society (http://www.animalbehavior.org/)
This site provides background and research sources for ethology.

Archaeology

Contemporary Approaches to World Rock Art (http://www.une.edu.au/Arch/ROCKART/MMRockArt.html)
Describes the science of rock art and provides links to other rock art sites.

Theban Mapping Project ( http://www.kv5.com)
This site, developed by an archaeologist, features graphics and images depicting the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

 

Astronomy

Amazing Space (http://amazing-space.stsci.edu)
Developed by the Space Telescope Science Institute, this site provides information concerning black holes.

Anglo-Australian Observatory (http://www.aao.gov.au/)
The Anglo-Australian Observatory's Web site contains astronomical images by astronomer and photographer David Malin.

Astrophysics Data System (http://adswww.harvard.edu)
The Astrophysics Data System is a free bibliographic database for astronomy and physics references.

Images of Galactic Planetary Nebulae (http://ad.usno.navy.mil/pne/gallery.html)
Compiled by astronomers from the US Naval Observatory and Cornell University, this site showcases images of galactic planetary nebulae.

SpectraShift.com (http://www.spectrashift.com)
This site describes the progress of amateur astronomers engaged in the search for extra-solar planets.

Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)

 

Astrophysics

Bianary Neutron Star Simulations  (http://wugrav.wustl.edu/Movies/Balder_index.html)
This site allows viewers to see a movie of a simulated collision between two neutron stars.

 

Biology

EcoPort (http://ecoport.org/)
This Web encyclopedia covers the taxonomic information on nearly 50,000 species of plants and animals.

Extreme 2000 Voyage to the Deep  (http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea)
Background information on the chemistry and biology of deep-sea vents is offered here.

The World of Dawkins (http://www.world-of-dawkins.com)
This site is devoted to the evolutionary theories of Richard Dawkins, who believes that evolution takes place at the genetic level.

 

 Biophysics

Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery (http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery.html)
This site highlights images of the molecular composition of various substances, including champagne crystals and DNA.

 

Biotechnology

National Biotechnology Information Facility (http://www.nbif.org)
This site provides links to almost 7,000 biotechnology sites.

 

Botany

Plant Trivia Timeline (http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Timeline.html)
This site, which presents the Plant Trivia Timeline that highlights events in the botanical history of the Earth, was created by a botanist.

Vascular Plant Type Catalog (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc)
Developed by the New York Botanical Garden, this site offers 2500 digital photographs of vascular plants.    

 

Cell Biology

Cell Biology: Apotosis (http://vl.bwh.harvard.edu/apoptosis.shtml)
These pages, part of the WWW Virtual Library, provide information on apoptosis--or cell death--to both students and researchers.


Chemistry

Links for Chemists (http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html)
This site provides over 7,500 links to other sites for information on, and research in, chemistry.

 

Computer Science

MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (http://www.lcs.mit.edu)
This site summarizes research conducted on the Oxygen System, a new infrastructure for information technologies developed at MIT.

UMBC AgentWeb  (http://www.cs.umbc.edu/agents)
Established by researchers at the University of Maryland, this site provides a host of information on intelligent software agents.

Zooland  (http://surf.de.uu.net/zooland)
Applications of artificial life and evolutionary algorithms ranging from microbiology to sociology are presented.

 

Conservation Science

Global Forest Watch (http://www.globalforestwatch.org)
Global Forest Watch provides information from satellites and government agencies on logging activities around the world.

The Nature Conservancy (http://nature.org)
This site provides information about The Nature Conservancy, on of the largest environmental conservation organizations in the world.

 

Critical Thinking

Skeptics Dictionary  (http://skepdic.com)
Written by a philosophy professor, The Skeptics Dictionary debunks topics from homeopathy to UFOs.

 

Earth Science

Destination Earth  (http://www.earth.nasa.gov)

Center For International Earth Science Information Network (http://www.ciesin.org)

 

Engineering

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century (http://www.greatachievements.org/)
This site, of the National Academy of Engineering, lists the top twenty engineering feats of the last century.

 

Entomology

Mite Image Gallery  (http://www.uq.edu.au/entomology/mite/mitetxt.html)
Developed by University of Queensland mite specialist David Walter, this site is devoted to images of mites.

 

Environmental Science

Ecological and Social Dynamics...  (http://www.consecol.org/Journal/vol3/iss2/art4)
This article in the journal Conservation Ecology, features a computer model for exploring the interplay of commerce and ecosystem health.

Scorecard  (http://www.scorecard.org)
This site, developed by the Environmental Defense Fund, rates states and counties on their pollution.

 

Genetics

DNA Learning Center (http://vector.cshl.org/)
This site is devoted to exploring the parallels between the eugenics movement of the early 1900's and issues raised in debates today.

SAGE: Measuring Gene Expression ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SAGE)
Unveiled by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, this site offers a database of genes that cause cells to turn cancerous.

 

Geography

Fundamentals of Physical Geography (http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/)
Offered are an introduction to physical geography, a glossary, and links to related sites.

New York State Interactive Mapping Gateway (http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/mg/interactive_main.html
Statewide digital orthophotography. Click on a statewide map to zoom in on digital satellite images of your city, your street, your house! 

 

Geology

Shutter Radar Topography Mission (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/)
This site contains images of the Earth's surface, generated during the recent Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.

Water Resources of the United States  (http://water.usgs.gov)
Developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, this site provides information on floods, acid rain, streamflow data and other water-related topics.

 

Geophysics

University of Texas Institute For Geophysics (http://www.ig.utexas.edu)

Yahoo Science (http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology_and_Geophysics/)

 

Health Science

The Basics of MRI (http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/inside.htm)
This online book describes how magnetic resonance images are created, emphasizing the physics behind the process.

 

History of Science

Archimedes Home Page (http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html)
Biographical and bibliographical information on the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes and his inventions are available at this site.

 

Mathematics

The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/)
This site has nearly 1400 short profiles of famous mathematicians as well as historical information on a multitude of mathematical topics.

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/mad0.html)
Created by Scott W. Williams, Professor of Mathematics at SUNY at Buffalo, this site includes information on and biographies of African-American mathematicians.

The Mathematics Genealogy Project
(http://hcoonce.math.mankato.msus.edu)
This site lists the dissertations, universities, and advisors of over 28,000 mathematicians who completed doctorates between 1796 and 1999.

Virtual Polyhedra (http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html)
Created by sculptor and mathematician George Hart, these pages provide images of over 1000 polyhedra rendered in virtual reality.

 

Medicine

Atlas of Cancer Mortality (http://www.nci.nih.gov/atlas)
This online atlas, developed by the National Cancer Institute, documents cancer death rates in all US counties from 1950 to 1994.

CancerNet (http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov)
Developed by the National Cancer Institute, this site presents fact sheets and news on the latest cancer research.

JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association (http://pubs.ama-assn.org/)
Full text

OncoLink (http://oncolink.upenn.edu)
Developed by faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania, this site is the largest source of cancer information on the Internet.

PHIL - Public Health Image Library (http://phil.cdc.gov)
Created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this site documents, in photographic form, public health threats.

PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi)
PubMed allows one to search medical databases, and includes stories linked to tutorials on bioinformatics.

PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov)
From the National Institutes of Health, this site posts free, full-text life science articles from respected journals.

 

Meteorology

American Meteorological Society (http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/)
Information on atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences is provided.

GFDL Laboratory (http://www.gfdl.gov/~jps/GFDL_VG_Gallery.html#Hurricane)
Animated movies of Hurricane Floyd and other recent hurricanes are presented by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab.

 

Microbiology

Herpes Virus Replication (http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~faculty/wagner/movieindex.html)
This site presents five animations depicting the life cycle of the herpes simplex virus.

Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/)
This site profiles one of the 10,000 structures in the Protein Data Bank every month, describing its biology and its role in society.

 

Neuroscience

Brainconnection (http://www.brainconnection.com)
Brainconnection was designed to get the public interested in neuroscience.

Neuromuscular Disease Center (http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular)
Information on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of neuromuscular diseases such as MS and ALS are provided here.

Synapse Web  (http://synapses.bu.edu/index.asp)
Synapse Web offers a brain anatomy tutorial covering everything from micrographs of cells to virtual reality models of dendrites.

 

Oceanography

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/)

 

Paleontology

Computational Paleontology (http://www.notam.uio.no/~oyvindha/compal.html)
Images and animations of fossil life forms ranging from straight-shelled nautiloids to sea lily-like crinoids are presented.

Earth History Illustrated  (http://gallery.in-tch.com/~earthhistory)
This online book is a collection of illustrator Douglas Henderson's paintings of dinosaurs.

Kevin's Trilobite home page  (http://24.114.7.13/kevin/trilobites.html)
This site is devoted to trilobites, giving both scientific and popular information.

Introduction to Trilobites  (http://www.aloha.net/~smgon/trilobite.htm)

Walking With Dinosaurs  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs)
Developed by the BBC, this site features life-like video clips of dinosaurs.

 

Physical Science

PubSCIENCE (http://pubsci.osti.gov)
PubSCIENCE is an online citation database for the physical sciences.

 

Physics

IPPEX (http://ippex.pppl.gov/ippex)
Aimed at students who want to learn about fusion, this site is part of the Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience.

Snow Crystals http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals
This site features a history of research on snow crystals, a guide for photographing them, and a primer on the physics of snow crystals.

Superconductors (http://superconductors.org)
Aimed at students, this site gives theoretical background on and discusses commercial applications of superconductors.

 

Planetary Science

Mars Meteorites (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc)
Produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this site provides information on Martian meteorites.

 

Primatology

Jane Goodall Institute (http://www.janegoodall.org)
This site documents forty years of research at Gombe, in Tanzania, where Jane Goodall has studied and protected wild chimpanzees.

 

Science Education

National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/)

 

Space Science

Near Earth Object Program (http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov)
This site, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, gives information on asteroids that cross Earth's orbit.

 

Statistics

Statistical Assessment Service (http://www.stats.org)
Developed by the Statistical Assessment Service, this site examines how quantitative research is presented by the media.

 

Technology

Transistorized! (http://www.pbs.org/transistor/index.html)
Developed by PBS, this site explores the history and science behind the invention of the transistor.

The Official U.S. Time (http://www.time.gov)
This site of the National Institute of Standards and Technology gives exact Coordinated Universal Time for a chosen US time zone.

Polymers and Liquid Crystals (http://plc.cwru.edu/tutorial/enhanced/files/textbook.htm)
Aimed at college chemistry students, this site provides a tutorial on polymers and liquid crystals.

Science Service (http://americanhistory.si.edu/scienceservice)
Available at the Smithsonian Institution's Web site, the Science Service organization chronicles the history of electronic devices.

 

Zoology

The EMBL Reptile Database (http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html)
This site describes and gives taxonomic classifications for almost all living members of the class Reptilia.

Animal Diversity Web (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu)
This site consists of over 1600 accounts of species as well as special sections that explore a number of topics in animal diversity.

Cephalopod Page (http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/index.html)
The Cephalopod Page presents information on and images of octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.

Caenorhabditis Elegans WWW Server (http://elegans.swmed.edu)
This site provides information on the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which was the first animal to have its genome completely sequenced.