Jack Haldeman: Science Links

NOTE: Weather links, including the Hurricane Section, have been moved to the new Weather and Natural Disasters Page.

General Science Links
Virtual FlyLab -- Cool interactive page -- breed fruit flies, create mutants.
CELLS alive! -- Great page -- Animated cells and microscopic critters.
The Visible Human Project -- A human popsicle, sliced and diced for science. View sections or zip from head-to-toe via MPEG.
Froggy Page -- The very best place for frogs-- pictures, info and lots of sound clips.
NetVet/Electronic Zoo -- A terrific page with animal links to everywhere.
Illusionworks -- All kinds of illusions. Neat site.
Grand Illusions -- optical illusions, visual effects, etc.
EurekAlert! -- Get it from the source: breaking news from scientific journals. Good listing of scientific institutions.
UniScience News Net -- Research News
Science Hobbyist
Bad Science
B-Eye -- See stuff through a bee's eyes.
Exploratorium Home Page
Discovery Channel Online
The Astrobiology Web
SETI Institute -- Who goes there?
EcoNet
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists maintains The Clock. See how far we are from doomsday.
Jurassic Reef Park
BioMedNet -- Internet community for biological and medical researchers.
Welcome to Great Moments in Science
MedicineNet -- A free medical reference.
Biotechnology Information Center
Parasites and Parasitological Resources
Bugs in the News
The Cephalopod Page -- Squids and stuff
Nanotechnology -- an introduction and links
NAS nanotechnology links
The Nanomanipulator Project
Buckminsterfullerene
Buckyballs -- the take from the White House.
Nobel Prize Archive -- who won what when -- also speeches

Ask an Expert
Writers know that one of the best and quickest ways to get specific information is to find an expert. Living, as I do, near a large University is a big help. The Web can also be useful. Below are some links I've tracked down.
General Sites
Ask a Scientist -- Mad Scientist Network. Great site.
Ask a Scientist -- Nova Scotia's Online Technology
Ask an Expert -- Franklin Institute Science Museum

Specific Experts
Ask an Astronaut
Ask an Astronomer
Ask an Astrophysicist
Ask an Aviation Expert
Ask a Biodiversity Expert -- American Museum of Natural History
Ask a Biologist
Ask A Curator -- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Ask a Dentist
Ask a Developmental Biolgist
Ask a Dinosaur Expert
Ask a Doctor
Ask Dr Neutrino
Ask an Education Expert
Ask an Energy Expert
Ask a Fisheries and Aquaculture Expert
Ask a Gardening Expert
Ask a Geologist
Ask a "How Does It Work?" Expert
Ask an Earth Scientist
Ask an Entomologist
Ask a Mathematician
Ask the Mayo Clinic
Ask a Medical Expert
Ask a Lunar Scientist
Ask A Pharmacist
Ask a Physicist Ask a Plant Expert
Ask a Plant and Pest Expert
Ask a Population Geneticist
Ask a Primate Expert
Ask Project Galileo
Ask a Space Scientist
Ask a Sustainable Agriculture Expert
Ask a Veterinarian -- Canadian Animal Network
Ask a Volcanologist
Ask a Whale Expert
Ask a Zookeeper

Cool images through microscopes
MicroVision - Dennis Kunkel -- Light and electron
The Nanoworld Home Page -- Great images, but large and slow-loading. Worth the wait.
Lifelong Universe -- The scanning electon microscope
Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Zoom in on monster bugs.

Scientific Institutions
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Marine Biological Laboratory
The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
The MIT Media Laboratory
The University of Chicago Intelligent Information Laboratory
UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences
The Smithsonian Institution
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Foresight Institute -- nanotechnology

Page last updated 15 July, 1998.
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