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Ancient Technologies and Archaeological
Materials
::
http://www2.uiuc.edu/unit/ATAM/index.html
Looks at archeometry, a fusion of archeology,
art history, museology, and the natural and
physical sciences. This is an informative,
professional resource that provides a
fascinating and realistic glimpse into the
real-world work of those involved in deciphering
the past using modern scientific methods.
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Animal Info: Rare, Threatened & Endangered
Mammals –
http://www.animalinfo.org
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APIRS ONLINE: Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive
Plant Database -
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/search80/NetAns2
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Ask A Scientist/Oracle
::
http://www.seps.org/cvoracle/ You can use
the CVOracle to ask a scientist a question. This
site offers a list of questions that other
people have asked (along with the answers),
student notes, an FAQ, a link to sign up to
answer questions, links to other ask-a-scientist
sites and links to other science sites in
general.
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Australian Science and Technology on the
Internet
::
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/sciencew.html
Extensive list of links to Australian science
organizations, conference, journals, and
libraries; divided into subject disciplines.
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Bio-DiTRL -
http://bio-ditrl.sunsite.ualberta.ca
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BioMedCentral -
http://www.biomedcentral.com Over 100 Open
Access Journals
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Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical
Information
::
http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cisti_e.shtml
CISTI is one of the world's major sources for
information in all areas of science, technology,
engineering and medicine.
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Cell Line Data Base -
http://www.biotech.ist.unige.it/interlab/cldb.html
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ChemPlace
http://www.awl.com/chemplace/
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CiteSeer -
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cis “Scientific
Literature Digital Library”
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Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Chem-History/Classic-Papers-Menu.html
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Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive
http://cogprints.org/view/subjects/bio.html
collection of approximately 670 academic papers.
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Conversion Factors
::
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Metrics/factors.htm
This site lists conversion relationship between
U.S. customary units and SI (International
System) units. It gives conversion factors for
commonly needed values -- area, length,
pressure, force, and volume -- as well as gage
standards for things such as sheet metal, wire,
and pipes and measures of hardness, stress, and
temperature.
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Conversion of Units
::
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/units.html
A forms based utility that converts values in
one unit to any other.
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Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions
::
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
This provides a summary of most of the units of
measurement to be found in use around the world
today (and a few of historical interest),
together with the appropriate conversion factors
needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of
the S.I.
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Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
::
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html
Published by naturalSCIENCE, an independent
online journal, this is a list of famous
science-related quotations, in order by the name
of the person to whom the quote is attributed.
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Dictionary of Units of Measurement
::
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/ This
dictionary includes all units of the
International System (SIPM), many other units of
the metric system, and those English Customary
Weights and Measures (British and American) that
are accurately defined.
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Directory of Research Systematic Collections
Database: National Biological Information
Infrastructure -
http://159.189.176.70/drsc.asp
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DNA Patent Database -
http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Resource
Finder
::
http://www.enc.org/resources/ Large,
searchable collection of math and science
resources for K-12 instruction.
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eNature -
http://www.enature.com/guides/select_group.asp
Field Guides to Plants and Animals
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E-print Network -
http://eprints.osti.gov
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Eric's Treasure Troves of Science
::
http://www.treasure-troves.com/ Contains
detailed articles about various topics within
the fields of astronomy, chemistry, math, music,
physics, and more.
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e-Skeleton Project –
http://www.eskeletons.com
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Exploratorium's Ten Cool Sites!
::
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html
Every month this site puts up listings of ten
new science sites that they have reviewed and
thought worthy of investigation. Previous
choices are available in a subject-organized
archive.
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Fishbase: A Global Information System on Fishes
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http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm
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FORMIS: A Master Bibliography of Ant Literature
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http://cmave.usda.ufl.edu/~formis/
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FS INFO Database -
http://fsinfo.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/gw_43_0/chameleon
The Forest Service Information Database
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GrayLit Network -
http://graylit.osti.gov "A Science Portal
to Technical Reports"
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HighWire Press
::
http://highwire.stanford.edu/ One of the 2
largest free full-text science archives on
Earth. Scientific journals are made available
online, some free, some by subscription, many
searchable with abstracts available.
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How Products Are Made
::
http://www.madehow.com/ Come to this site
and learn about the manufacture of things as
diverse as chewing gum, blue jeans, vacuum
cleaners, paint, fireworks, refrigerators, and
artificial snow. This online encyclopedia
contains 7 volumes of different items.
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How Stuff Works
::
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How Stuff
Works is a great place to come to learn about
how things work in the world around you. Have
you ever wondered how the engine in your car
works, or what gears do, or what makes the
inside of your refrigerator cold? A new article
gets added every week. Sections include: Engines
& Motors; Around the House; Electronics; Things
You See In Public; Basic Technologies;
Computers; Understanding Digital Technology;
Food; and Your Body.
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How Stuff Works Express
::
http://www.express.howstuffworks.com/
Provides explanations of science and technology
concepts and objects to teens and children.
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Insect Bibliography Server -
http://entobib.unl.edu
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International Plant Names Index -
http://www.ipni.org/index.html
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ISIHighlyCited.com -
http://www.isihighlycited.com Highly Cited
Researchers in a Range of Fields
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Kimball’s Biology Pages (An Online Biology Text)
http://biology-pages.info
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Life Science Dictionary
::
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/dictionary.html
Most of the 8300+ terms deal with biochemistry,
biotechnology, botany, cell biology and
genetics. We also have some terms relating to
ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and
medicine.
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MagPortal.com: Magazine Articles on Science &
Technology
::
http://www.MagPortal.com/c/sci/ A
searchable, browsable directory of magazine
articles on research, scientific thinking, and
laboratories that are available online. Topics
covered include: Biology & Life Sciences;
Chemistry; Engineering; Environment & Geology;
Future Trends; Mathematics; Paranormal & Hoaxes;
Physics; Psychology; Space & Astronomy. Updated
every few days.
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MedBioWorld
http://www.sciencekomm.at/home/lists/medtutorials.html
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Museums Universally Supporting Education and
Entertainment
::
http://www.musee-online.org/ Use this site
to link to 37,000 museums around the world,
organized by subject or browsed alphabetically.
MUSEE offers free information to museum lovers
around the world as well as providing services
and advocacy to museums.
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Naked Scientists Online
::
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ The
Naked Scientists Online Internet Science Radio
show utilizes streaming technology to allow you
to hear science, medicine and technology news,
discoveries and breakthroughs being discussed by
scientists and researchers, and includes
interviews with famous scientists of world-class
reputation. The site also contains an online
science discussion forum, science, medicine and
technology news, medical and health advice,
science educational resources including science
articles, science experiments, science projects,
science book reviews, and archived on-demand
internet science radio.
-
Nanotech Marketplace
::
http://www.nanotech-marketplace.com/ A
portal for Nanotechnology information, products
and product derivatives.
-
National Image Library (U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service) -
http://images.fws.gov
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NCSTRL -
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/NCSTRL
Networked Computer Science Technical Reports
Library
-
NEPIS -
http://www.epa.gov/nepis - Environmental
Protection Agency Documents
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NEWTON's Ask A Scientist archive
::
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/archive.htm
An archive of questions received and answers
composed through NEWTON's Ask A Scientist
service for K-12 students and educators.
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Nobel Channel
::
http://www.nobelchannel.com A very
informative web site that brings to life those
that have won the Nobel Prize with movies and
audio of speeches. While this site is a work in
progress, it has the history of how the prize
began, as well as information on all of the
categories that the prize is given and some of
the winners.
-
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
::
http://www.almaz.com/ Impressive collection
of information about all of the past Nobel
Laureates, organized by prize and year, or
searchable. Entries include brief biographical
information plus links to related Internet
sites.
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NSC Crossroads
::
http://www.crossroads.nsc.org/ A safety,
health and environment search engine and news
network that uses subject area experts to answer
questions and guide you to information and
resources on the Web. The Crossroads Web site
was created by the National Safety Council to
provide safety, health and environmental (SHE)
managers unbiased information, tools and
contacts they need to be better informed about
SHE issues.
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NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server -
http://ntrs.nasa.gov Public Access to NASA’s
Technical Literature
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On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In
Research
::
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/
A booklet on ethics and values in scientific
research, prepared by the National Academy of
Sciences.
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Organic Eprints -
http://orgprints.org
55.
PhilSci Archive -
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu The PhilSci
Archive is "an electronic archive for preprints in
the philosophy of science.” There are over 825
full-text items in the archive at present.
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Plant Fossil Record Database -
http://www.biodiversity.org.uk/ibs/palaeo/pfr2/pfr.htm
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Plant Image Gallery -
http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/
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Preprints and Working Papers –
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/physics/research/preprints.html
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PrimateLit -
http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu
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Princeton
BBS Preprint Archive -
http://www.bbsonline.org/bbsprints.html The
Princeton Behavioral and Brain Sciences Preprint
Archive contains a searchable
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PSIgate: Physical Sciences Information Gateway
::
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/ PSIgate
aims to provide high quality Internet resources
for students, researchers and practitioners in
the physical sciences, specifically in:
astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics,
and science history and policy.
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PubMed Central -
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov - Search
Full-Text Life Science Database
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Regional Inversion
::
http://www.regionalinversion.com/index.htm
The site is dedicated to economic development,
regional change, economic geography, and
regional science.
-
ResearchIndex
::
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs This site
indexes scientific information that is freely
available over the internet.
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ScaleNet -
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm
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Scholarly Societies Project
::
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
This site contains a searchable database of
links to and information about international
academic and scholarly societies. Societies are
indexed in a subject guide or can be found by
searching by name or abbreviation.
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SciCentral
::
http://www.scicentral.com/ SciCentral,
which opened in June 1997, is a metadirectory of
science and engineering resources conceived and
created by professional scientists. The aim of
SciCentral is two-fold: to aid the science
community by enabling direct and efficient
access to only the most valuable internet
resources, and to prepare a platform for
communication between scientists and engineers
so that they may work together to solve the
complex research problems confronting us today.
The searchable Gateway provides access to over
50,000 sites in 150 science specialties.
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SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
::
http://www.scielo.br/ SciELO - Scientific
Electronic Library Online is a collection of
Brazilian scientific journals in electronic
format. The objective of the site is to
implement an electronic virtual library,
providing full access to a collection of serial
titles, a collection of issues from individual
serial titles, as well as to the full text of
articles. The access to both serial titles and
articles is available via indexes and search
forms.
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Science Learning Network
::
http://www.sln.org/ The Science Learning
Network (SLN) is an online community of
educators, students, schools, science museums
and other institutions demonstrating a new model
for inquiry science education. Funded by the
National Science Foundation and Unisys
Corporation, this site includes links to many
excellent sites designed for children and
science educators.
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Science Linkhouse
::
http://www.linkkitalo.fi/ Science
Linkhouse, formerly the Finnish Virtual Library,
is a subject gateway for the scientific
community. It contains descriptions of Internet
resources in a number of different general
subject areas. The site displays in Finnish, but
an English translation is available.
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Science Service Historical Image Collection
::
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/scienceservice/
The Science Service historical image collection
represents twentieth-century scientific research
consisting of images and their original captions
as they appeared in period publications. The
captions were written by Science Service
journalists and have been transcribed exactly.
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Science Textbooks and Historical Science Online
http://www.ntu.edu.au/education/ online.htm
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Science.gov -
http://science.gov “A Gateway to
Authoritative Selected Science Information”
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Sciences Explorer
::
http://library.thinkquest.org/11771/
Science-related resources in mathematics,
physics, biology and chemistry; including
at-home experiments, interactive activities and
selected, annotated links to other Internet
sites. Searchable.
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Scientific American: Ask the Experts
::
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
The world's leading researchers and academics to
tackle those questions that used to leave your
high school science teacher in a cold sweat.
There are nine broad categories to browse and
the opportunity to pose your own scientific
brain-benders.
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Sci-Philately
::
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/exhibits/stamps/
A Selective History of Science on Stamps.
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SCIRUS -
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp
Science-Specific Search Engine
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SciTechResources.gov
::
http://www.scitechresources.gov/ A catalog
of government science and technology resources.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
::
http://commerce.senate.gov/ The Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation reviews proposed legislation,
messages, petitions, memorials, and other
matters.
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SIMBAD Astronomical Database -
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad
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Sport! Science@The Exploratorium
::
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ Learn
about the science behind sports, including ice
hockey, balls, and rock climbing. Also includes
a sports science links and bibliography section,
and the opportunity to ask a question about
sports and science.
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Statistical Reports of U.S. Science and
Engineering
::
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm A
wealth of surveys, reports, and statistics on
the sciences. Surveys describe the workforce and
current educational trends in science.
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STINET -
http://stinet.dtic.mil Science and
Technology Database of Information
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Technocapitalism
::
http://www.technocapitalism.com/ This
website explores the complexities of
technocapitalism which is the interface between
technology, society, and economics. Articles
explore the potential of this new field and
propose questions for researchers and students.
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Technology Administration, United States
Department of Commerce
::
http://www.ta.doc.gov/ The Technology
Administration (TA) is the only Federal agency
working to maximize technology's contribution to
America's economic growth. Here you will find
information about our programs, services, press
releases, publications, and speeches.
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Temperature Conversion Calculator
::
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html
Calculates conversions to/from degrees Kelvin,
Celsius, Farenheit, Reamur, and Rankine scales.
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Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics Frequency Control
::
http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fcmain.asp
Research essays and review papers dealing with
the
History of Frequency Control and Timekeeping
and
tutorials dealing with clocks
and oscillators.
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UMass Astronomy Theses
http://www-astro.phast.umass.edu/theses
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UNEP-WCMC Conservation Databases -
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/index.html?http://www.unep-
wcmc.org/cis/~main
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Urban Forestry -
http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/urban.phtml
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USPTO Web Patent Databases
::
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html This
page is the starting point for the USPTO's free
searchable patent databases, which cover the
period from 1 January 1976 to the most recent
weekly issue date.
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Victorian Web: Science
http://65.107.211.206/victorian/science/texts.html
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WebExhibits
::
http://webexhibits.org/ WebExhibits helps
you find high quality exhibits on the internet
and focuses on illustrated educational exhibits,
not just references. Exhibit sites range in
subject from the ancient world to science and
technology, and from the creative arts to health
and medicine.
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Why Files: The Science Behind the News
::
http://whyfiles.org/ The Why Files, a
project [originated by] the National Institute
for Science Education, is an electronic
exploration of the science behind the news.
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World Biodiversity Database -
http://www.eti.uva.nl/tools/wbd.php
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