Notebook
- Humans
From the June 5, 1937, issue
All lit up in Paris, changing elements, and cheap, accurate lenses.
- Humans
Scitopia.org
This new site is a search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies. Enter a term into its search engine to find authoritative research, patents, and government documents. Go to: http://www.scitopia.org
- Humans
From the May 29, 1937, issue
An ancient Miss America, an indivisible neutron, and crystallized catalase.
- Earth
NOAA’s Virtual World
Players of the virtual reality game Second Life can now soar through a virtual hurricane, experience rising through the atmosphere atop a weather balloon, and more at the National Atmospheric Administration’s new site. Go to: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/outreach/sl/
- Humans
From the May 22, 1937, issue
Hidden beauty revealed, an electric french horn, and safer toy balloons.
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Earth Portal
This Web site, created by the National Council for Science and the Environment, is a comprehensive, free, and dynamic resource for timely, objective, science-based information about the environment built by a global community of environmental experts. It features news, a forum, the Encyclopedia of Earth, and more. Go to: http://www.earthportal.org
- Humans
From the May 15, 1937, issue
A new seat of learning, hazards to workers, and a machine with feeling.
- Health & Medicine
Cancer Risk—Understanding the Puzzle
The news is filled with stories about cancer risk. Some of the information can be confusing and contradictory. How do you know what to believe? This new Web site from the National Cancer Institute cuts through the hype to help you understand the plain and simple truth about cancer risk. Go to: http://understandingrisk.cancer.gov
- Humans
From the May 8, 1937, issue
Finishing a telescope, finding new matter, and launching rockets.
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X-treme Microbes
This graphics-heavy online feature tells the stories of microbes that survive and even thrive in inhospitable environments, including bone-dry deserts, boiling acid, and radioactive rock. The National Science Foundation launched the site last month. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/microbes
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- Physics
Exploring Time
This new educational site offers time-lapse and high-speed video clips, 3D scientific animations, and other visually stunning features that reveal how events unfold on different timescales—from billionths of seconds to billions of years—and take place too quickly or too slowly for the human senses to perceive. Go to: http://www.exploringtime.org
