Destination Modern Art
 | This very fun interactive Web site by the Museum of Modern Art enables elementary school-aged children to engage with and explore modern art. The free Flash Player is required.
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Art of Science Competition
 | This assembly of images presents a fascinating and beautiful cross section of the arts and sciences at Princeton. It celebrates the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform each other.
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Learning to Love you More
 | Learning to Love You More is both a web site and series of non-web presentations comprised of work made by the general public in response to assignments given by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. Participants accept an assignment, complete it by following the simple but specific instructions, send in the required report (photograph, text, video, etc), and see their work posted on-line.
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Tall Buildings
 | The Museum of Modern Art takes visitors inside the skyscrapers around the world to see the floor plans and architectural sketches. Particularly interesting are details of solutions to design issues like green technologies, circulation, and incorporating buildings into public space. The dynamic interface is as compelling as the content. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Cycles: African Life through Art
 | Indianapolis Museum of Art with Terra Incognita Productions - This gorgeous and exciting site will engage you with a truly multimedia experience of audio, videos, Quick Time Virtual Reality movies, and graphics. Broader truths about life, ritual, and culture are revealed through this seamless multimedia experience of the museum’s collections of African art. You’ll need the free Flash player and the Quicktime Plug-in.
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The Artist’s Toolkit: Explore
 | A collaboration between the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Walker Art Center, The Artist’s Toolkit is a great introduction to basic concepts in art for students and teachers alike. You can watch animated demonstrations of visual elements and principles artists use to create art, see examples of elements and principles in works of art, and create your own composition online. You’ll need the free Flash player
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My Imaginary City
 | Artists use their imaginations to create scenes and places that are not real and that might never exist. If you could invent your own imaginary city what would it be like? By the Tate Museum. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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PlanetQuest: the Search for Another Earth
 | PlanetQuest is NASA's public home page for new planet discoveries and research. The site includes many multimedia features including a virtual tour of the Keck Observatory and an Interstellar Trip Planner. The free Flash player is required for some sections.
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Amazing Space: Explorations
 | Online explorations are a fun, interactive way to explore galaxies, black holes, comets, and other fascinating objects. Some of the interactive pieces require the free Flash player.
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Forces of Nature
 | Ever wanted to feel the power of creating tornado? How about an earthquake? This site, created to accompany a National Geographic film, offers up explorations of the biggest forces our earth can bring us: tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes. Virtual labs let you design your own disaster, and National Geo-quality photos fill in the gaps of your visual imagination. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Wakulla Spring: A Giant Among Us (Flash version)
 | The site is an in-depth interactive presentation about Florida’s Wakulla Spring, one of the world’s largest freshwater spring systems. The site includes information about natural and cultural history and focuses on threats to the aquifer that feeds the spring. The free Flash player is required.
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Conservation Central: National Zoo, Smithsonian Institution
 | Build a panda habitat! If you use the right combination of materials, the pandas will come out and play. You’ll learn about conservation biology, including the factors that determine the survival of species. The site also includes a diverse range of educator resources. You’ll need the free Flash player
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The Grid on Tryscience
 | What's "grid computing" and how can it solve huge problems like finding a cure for cancer? You'll learn through several online and offline activities available on this site. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Science Buzz by Science Museum of Minnesota
 | Science Buzz digs deep into science headlines and offers visitors the opportunity to ask scientists questions, "talk" with other people, and voice concerns.
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Lablit.com
 | A forum for all topics related to the culture of science in fiction and fact. The site is a magazine with essays, reviews, profiles, and interviews about science/literature/art/media. It also contains a discussion forum.
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Molecularium: Kid Site
 | What lives in the nano world? You'll find out here through interactive activities, a gallery, and more! By Rensselaer’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Science Magazine: 125 Questions: What Don’t we Know
 | special, free news feature in Science explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry over the next quarter-century; accompanying the feature are several online extras including a reader's forum on the big questions.
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Simple Machines
 | You might never have thought of the lid on your toilet as a machine, but this site shows how simple mechanical devices dominate our everyday life. By inspecting items in a home, garage, and tool shed, visitors discover levers, gears, axles, inclined planes and other simple mechanics. Which simple principle is behind the lid of your toilet? You'll need the free Flash player.
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Engaging Science: Online Games
 | Play some games, have some fun, and learn some science! Topics covered in the games are life science, physical science, and earth and space science. These games were a joint production between Science World, the Vancouver Aquarium, and the HR MacMillan Space Centre. You’ll need the free Flash player.
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Games and Simulations at Nobelprize.org
 | Lots of fun, challenging games related to the various categories of Nobel prizes awarded from Chemistry to Peace!
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ELEMENT
 | se your brain. Find science news sources and links to the world's top research groups, scientific databases, educational resources, science research opportunities, jobs, funding, scholarships, fellowships, internships, conferences, and science chat forums on chemistry, earth science, life science, mathematics, physics, space science, and technology.
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Deafness in Disguise: Concealed Hearing Devices of the 19th and 20th Centuries
 | Deafness in Disguise presents images, illustrations, advertising pamphlets, trade catalogs, patents, rare books and other material pertaining to mechanical and electrical hearing devices from the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular focus in this exhibit are hearing devices that were designed for concealment or camouflage within everyday items. By the Washington School of Medicine.
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Eternity Travel.com - Book Your Afterlife Now
 | Who knew that planning your burial could be so entertaining? This site is part of the Boston Museum of Science's exhibit on Egyptology. Choose your tomb type, mummification method and case, and select from a melange of "eternity extras." See if you can plan a safe trip to the afterlife on the money allotted to you by the pharoah.
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History Detectives
 | This companion site to the PBS television series lets you do some of your own investigating. Along with information about the current season's shows, you'll find information on how to conduct your own investigations, take quizzes to assess your skills, and submit mysteries for consideration on the show. There's also a thorough discussion of real-life techniques used by people who research the past.
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Selections from the Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress
 | The Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress consists of moving image materials that document the extraordinary journey of a woman who changed the face of American modern dance. This site includes videos of dance techniques and performances, and lots of photos.
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Citizen King
 | Companion to the film by the same name, this Web site contains a wealth of information, including some rare documents. You'll find videos of King, James Baldwin, and others discussing race relations; an interactive map of Civil Rights hot spots; a timeline with links; and a teacher's guide. Brought to us by PBS.
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Moving Here: 200 Years of Migration to England
 | Explore the migration experience! This huge database of photographs, personal papers, government documents, maps, art objects, sound recordings, and video clips tells the stories of people who migrated to England in the last two hundred years.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
 | A great resource for teachers and students alike, on this site you'll find more than just information about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Explore the man and the movement through quizzes and a study guide. Learn what others have discovered and what they think through student essays and conversations between diverse grade school classes from different parts of the United States. Read others' thoughts and add your own. Site by the Seattle Times.
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Power Play: An Activity about Capturing Power
 | A fun online game to "capture power" by putting together some crazy virtual machines. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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The Grid on Tryscience
| What's "grid computing" and how can it solve huge problems like finding a cure for cancer? You'll learn through several online and offline activities available on this site. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Tall Buildings
| The Museum of Modern Art takes visitors inside the skyscrapers around the world to see the floor plans and architectural sketches. Particularly interesting are details of solutions to design issues like green technologies, circulation, and incorporating buildings into public space. The dynamic interface is as compelling as the content. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse: Games
 | Explore the world of inventors and inventions with some interesting games. From the Lemelson-MIT Program. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Thinking Machine 4
 | "Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you."
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Bugscope
 | K–12 students can view bugs under a scanning electron microscope via the World Wide Web by applying to the program and describing the type of project they want to do (from the University of Illinois).
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Annenberg/CPB
 | A great resource, this site offers free videos on professional development for K–12 teachers. A wide variety of topics are available, including how to develop writers and how to teach math to students in grades 9–12. You’ll need the free Windows Media Player.
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Population Reference Bureau: Educators
 | Tools for teaching about population issues and their implications. Free lesson plans and resource and discussion guides are available. This site is also available in Spanish and French.
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Molecularium: Kid Site
| What lives in the nano world? You'll find out here through interactive activities, a gallery, and more! By Rensselaer’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Scienceworld Play Online Bodywork Games
 | Fun online games you can play to learn about a variety of topics related to how the human body works. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Scienceworld Play Online Bodywork Games
| Fun online games you can play to learn about a variety of topics related to how the human body works. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Bugscope
| K–12 students can view bugs under a scanning electron microscope via the World Wide Web by applying to the program and describing the type of project they want to do (from the University of Illinois).
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Understanding Evolution: Your One-Stop Source for Information on Evolution
 | This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, how it factors into your life, how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area have changed over time. It’s an excellent and enormous site that's great for both teachers and nonteachers (from the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education).
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Nutrition Cafe
 | Fun games to learn about nutrition!
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The Bioluminescence Web Page
 | A collection of beautiful photos and a few movies along with the science behind and current research about bioluminescence. By researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara.
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What's that Bug?
 | You can send mug shots of mysterious insects and Bugman will identify them for you.
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E-Naturalist
 | How many times will a mosquito bite? What's the advantage to birds flying in a "V" formation? If you find an egg in a nest, should you "rescue" it? E-naturalist provides answers to these questions, and hundreds more. Visitors have the option of choosing a quick read or a full read on the subject. If that raises more questions than it answers, you can email your queries to a naturalist, browse more websites, or indulge in a hands-on activity.
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Bet the Farm
 | How hard is it to make money as a farmer? This interactive lets you make decisions about crops, fertilizers, and sales. Like a real farmer, you're at the mercy of influences like weather and world events. If you do manage to make a profit over the course of the year, the game will figure your hourly wage based on the time expected to grow the crops you've chosen. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Whole Brain Atlas
 | Complete with a neuroimaging primer, this site by two Harvard doctors lets you look inside the human head from several angles with several imaging techniques. A three-paned viewer lets you compare brain slices that pass through a spot of your choosing in three different directions. Once you've mastered that, move on to study brains of tumor, Alzheimer's and other patients.
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Worm Watch
 | Worm Watch uses earthworms to help us discover soil and appreciate the importance of soil ecology in sustaining agriculture, the natural environment, and ourselves. There are also lots of fun hands-on learning activities for students and teachers. The site includes a virtual tour through the inner workings of an earthworm. You’ll need the free Flash Player.
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The Genographic Project: Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA
 | This site from the National Geographic Society is a five-year effort to understand the human journey—where we came from and how we got to where we live today. It will "map humanity’s genetic journey through the ages." The site includes an overview of genetics, a glossary, and an interactive atlas of the human journey. You’ll need the free Flash Player.
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The Spider Myths Site
 | Spiders have gotten a bad rap. This spider expert from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture restores the spider's reputation by debunking such myths as "Spiders in the home are a danger to children and pets." and "The daddy longlegs has the world's most powerful venom, but its fangs are so small that it can't bite you."
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You Grow Girl: Gardening for the People
 | At this site you'll not only find answers to burning gardening questions, but you can also "submit your mini-garden art to a growing gallery of diverse images or share your expertise and trade your seeds with fellow gardeners."
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Lablit.com
| A forum for all topics related to the culture of science in fiction and fact. The site is a magazine with essays, reviews, profiles, and interviews about science/literature/art/media. It also contains a discussion forum.
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FiftyCrows: TV/New Media
 | This organization supports and promotes Social Change Photography because they believe that "Images inspire people to act." Once you see the photo and video essays on this site your view of world events will never be the same. You will be inspired to make the world a more just place. You'll need Quick Time to view the movies.
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Poisson Rouge
 | There are lots of things to play with and see on this highly interactive site or playroom for little and big ones alike. You'll need the free Flash Player.
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Learning to Love you More
| Learning to Love You More is both a web site and series of non-web presentations comprised of work made by the general public in response to assignments given by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. Participants accept an assignment, complete it by following the simple but specific instructions, send in the required report (photograph, text, video, etc), and see their work posted on-line.
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Ingenious
 | How have technological discoveries affected our notions of who we are? Which does science inspire more--creative solutions to age-old problems or new weapons and methods of gaining or retaining power? Can science really provide us with answers to complex questions? This site, sponsored by the National Museum of Science and Industry, provides thought-provoking viewpoints on timely science-related issues and encourages participation in discussion about them. Drawing on photographic and knowledge resources of a broad collection of museums, site visitors can create their own collections, as well as contribute to online conversations.
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Bet the Farm
| How hard is it to make money as a farmer? This interactive lets you make decisions about crops, fertilizers, and sales. Like a real farmer, you're at the mercy of influences like weather and world events. If you do manage to make a profit over the course of the year, the game will figure your hourly wage based on the time expected to grow the crops you've chosen. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Tall Buildings
| The Museum of Modern Art takes visitors inside the skyscrapers around the world to see the floor plans and architectural sketches. Particularly interesting are details of solutions to design issues like green technologies, circulation, and incorporating buildings into public space. The dynamic interface is as compelling as the content. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Simple Machines
| You might never have thought of the lid on your toilet as a machine, but this site shows how simple mechanical devices dominate our everyday life. By inspecting items in a home, garage, and tool shed, visitors discover levers, gears, axles, inclined planes and other simple mechanics. Which simple principle is behind the lid of your toilet? You'll need the free Flash player.
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Lakota Winter Counts Online Exhibit
 | The Lakota marked the passage of time by drawing pictures of memorable events on calendars known as winter counts. This beautiful online exhibit from the Smithsonian. is rich with a database of Smithsonian winter count images, a documentary about Lakota history and culture, video interviews with Lakota people, and a Teachers’ Guide. You’ll need the free Flash player to enter the Flash site. A non-Flash site is also available.
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Grasse’s Museum: International Perfume Museum
 | This intriguing museum gives an in-depth view into perfume, from detailed descriptions and images of which raw materials are used in perfume to videos of techniques used to make it. The site also offers a gallery of historical perfume advertising, a virtual visit to a perfume factory, and a history of perfume illustrated with ancient perfume bottles. In French, Spanish, and English. You’ll need the free Flash Player and the Quicktime Plug-in.
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My House, My Shack
 | Around the world, the barriers are increasing between rich and poor. In South Africa, you can see it in black and white. See the legacy of South Africa's apartheid in this stunning interactive by Sue Johnson and Thiago deMello, and sixbillion.org. The free Flash player is required.
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Population Reference Bureau: Educators
| Tools for teaching about population issues and their implications. Free lesson plans and resource and discussion guides are available. This site is also available in Spanish and French.
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Understanding Evolution: Your One-Stop Source for Information on Evolution
| This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, how it factors into your life, how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area have changed over time. It’s an excellent and enormous site that's great for both teachers and nonteachers (from the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education).
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Virtual Dinosaur Dig
 | You get to use virtual tools to uncover dinosaur bones, pack them for shipment, assemble them correctly, and learn about the dinosaur that they came from. You'll need the free Flash player.
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FiftyCrows: TV/New Media
| This organization supports and promotes Social Change Photography because they believe that "Images inspire people to act." Once you see the photo and video essays on this site your view of world events will never be the same. You will be inspired to make the world a more just place. You'll need Quick Time to view the movies.
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My House, My Shack
| Around the world, the barriers are increasing between rich and poor. In South Africa, you can see it in black and white. See the legacy of South Africa's apartheid in this stunning interactive by Sue Johnson and Thiago deMello, and sixbillion.org. The free Flash player is required.
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The Physics Classroom: Multimedia Physics Studio
 | This site is loaded with cool animations that will help you visualize and understand major concepts in classical physics.
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Spiked Science: If You Could Teach the World Just One Thing. Spiked Science’s E = mc2 Centenary Survey
 | 2005—announced as Einstein Year—marks the centenary of the publication of Albert Einstein’s equation E = mc2. To mark this occasion, this site features a survey of over 250 renowned scientists, science communicators, and educators—including 11 Nobel laureates—asking what they would teach the world about science and why, if they could pick just one thing. Several films where survey respondents illustrate their ideas are also available. You’ll need either the Quicktime Plug-in or Windows Media Player to view the films.
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The Atoms Family
 | The Miami Museum of Science uses a very spooky theme to teach about different forms of energy.
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Music Acoustics
 | Physics and music have been closely related for thousands of years. This site presents, in musician-friendly format, some of our research work in music acoustics. From the Acoustics Laboratory at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
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Project Implicit - Implicit Association Tests
 | Do you really know what you think about things? A group of psychologists at Harvard has set up this set of online tests you can take to explore your preferences and prejudices. Do skin color or body size affect your impression of someone? Do you secretly associate certain careers with men and others with women? If you can't get enough, register to be part of the research project and take more tests.
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Science Buzz by Science Museum of Minnesota
| Science Buzz digs deep into science headlines and offers visitors the opportunity to ask scientists questions, "talk" with other people, and voice concerns.
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Lablit.com
| A forum for all topics related to the culture of science in fiction and fact. The site is a magazine with essays, reviews, profiles, and interviews about science/literature/art/media. It also contains a discussion forum.
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