Discovery Links

Science: The Tree of Life, a complete guide to taxonomy. Has every Phylum, Class, Order, Family and Genus known, many with pictures.

Science: Warnings from the Ice, a Nova film about climate change. Data from Greenland ice cores seems to suggest that the earth is colder now than at any time in the last 6000 years

Science: Hubble Space Telescope's greatest hits. High definition shots of the distant cosmos.

Culture: CIA World Factbook. Has all the countries in the world ranked by a number of facets; population, GDP per capita, area. Better than any atlas.

Culture: The Web Gallery of Fine Art. Scans of paintings by thousands of artists, searchable by name.

Science: Wave-Particle Duality explained by Dr. Quantum. Discusses quantum entanglement.

Science: Time in different reference frames. Proves with a simple thought experiment that two different observers cannot agree on simultaneity.

Science: Special Relativity animation. A simple demonstration shows why time slows down in reference frames that are moving with respect to us.

Science: The Game of Life; complexity from simple rules. Shows how a set of simple laws gives rise to complex emergent behaviour. Video of Game of Life simulations. Create your own simulations. Six minute summary of game of life creations.

Culture: Quantum theory of consciousness. Consciousness is difficult to measure because it is a quantum phenomenon.

Culture: The Clash 1981. Live performance of "Magnificent 7" on the Tom Snyder show. Extraordinary.

Culture: Columbus Travel Galapagos Cruises

Culture: Map of Facebook Interactions shows facebook connections worldwide

History: Dymaxion Map of human migrations shows the spread of homo sapiens around the globe.

Culture: Project Implicit tests a subject's deep rooted prejudices. Register and take one of their tests.

Culture: Blind since birth, painter Esref Armagan has produced an amazing body of work and changed the way we define 'seeing'.

Science: Bonobos are humans' closest living relatives. They can even learn how to create and use stone tools for cutting (at 9:30).

Science: Crows are not just able to use tools, but create and modify them. Watch this video on TED.com. Go forward to 3 minutes.

Science: Nuclear Fusion moves one step closer to viability. One day it will solve the world's energy problems permanently; without pollution, greenhouse gases or environmental damage.

History: Course of Empire; a series of cautionary paintings by American painter Thomas Cole of the Hudson River school.

Science: WorldWide Telescope; browse earth, the solar system, the galaxy. From Microsoft.

Science: Geologic Time Scale portal, the perfect starting point to learn about geologic time. Another Geologic Time Scale portal.

History: Screenshot from the world's first browser, created at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee. Plans for the Large Hadron Collider are in the background.

Science: Evolution; is it really "just a theory"? Scientific American tackles commonly espoused objections against evolution (and science in general).

Science: Burning salt water using radio waves. Could this be the solution to the global energy crisis?

Science: Wanna buy a Trilobite? For all your trilobite needs.

Science: Physics Applets at PHET for all occasions. Interactive animations that function as virtual labs. More Physics Applets can be found here.

Science: Insane quiz website. All subjects. Statistics. Interactive. 

History: The Third Culture. John Brockman article of 1991 discussing C.P. Hope's revolutionary 1959 book, The Two Cultures. This essay is the foundation document of Edge.org. 

History: A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James George Fraser. Full Text. The Golden Bough. 

Science: Imagining the 10th Dimension. A short film by Rob Bryanton.

Culture: HD Net Reports. Blind as a Bat: Seeing through Echolation.