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New Scientist
The latest news on science, technology and more.
The Planetary Society
Our organization is devoted to the exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Stephen Hawking's Universe
Provides detailed explanations of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the universe. Includes original essays by some of today's leading figures in cosmology, along with original illustrations, program descriptions, explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies. Also, the Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field.
The Particle Data Group: Review of Particle Physics
The PDG is an international collaboration that reviews Particle Physics and related areas of Astrophysics, and compiles/analyzes data on particle properties. PDG products are distributed to 30,000 physicists, teachers, and other interested people.
KurzweilAI
Focuses on the exponential growth of intelligence, both biological and machine, and the merger of the two in a post-humanist future.
Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
"In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species."
Energy and Matter in Five Dimensions
A holistic theory of science, by Walter Last 
Feynman Online
This web site is dedicated to Richard P. Feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantumelectrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics, and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster. But beyond all of that, Richard Feynman was a unique and multi-faceted individual. Feel free to explore this site to find out about Feynman, what he was and why he remains one of the most celebrated and revered scientists of modern times.
Entropy on the World Wide Web
Here you will find a collection of links to on-line expository articles and textbooks concerning the role of entropy in information and coding theory, dynamical systems, the theory of algorithms, statistical inference,the physical sciences, and in biology, as well as links to relevant journals, conference programs,and research groups, links to relevant software, and more.
The Brain Project
Chapters on various issues relating to the nature of consciousness. Plus papers on video and other matters of interest, including language, cybernetics, interactivity and computing machines.
Scientific American
It's as interesting now as it was back in 1845. Things haven't changed that much -- we're keeping Scientific American as vibrant as it always was, with the introduction of this new online edition.

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