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This is a growing collection of links to Websites of scientific interest.
Links to sites more directly concerned with the science vs. creationism
controversy can be found at
SITES
OF SCIENCE AND CREATIONISM.
These include many pages of biological, geological,
radiodating and other interests.
| SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | SCIENCE | PALAIOS | AMERICAN SCIENTIST
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| NATURE | GONDWANA RESEARCH International Geoscience Journal. |
NATURE ONLINE |
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| ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE | SKY & TELESCOPE MAGAZINE |
EARTH AND SKY MAGAZINE |
| THE SCIENTIST | NEW SCIENTIST MAGAZINE |
SCIENCE MAGAZINE |
| DISCOVER MAGAZINE | GEOTIMES Newsmagazine of the Earth Sciences |
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| EUREKALERT! PUBLIC CONTENTS | SCIENCE DAILY | TECHNOLOGY REVIEW |
| PHYSICS TODAY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS |
THE CREATIONIST ASSAULT ON SCIENCE The dark-agers continue to pour out of the woodwork. |
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| ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM |
TORONTO ZOO | MONTREAL PLANETARIUM | CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE |
| ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE | SCIENCE WORLD, B.C. | ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY (ALBERTA)
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FUNDY GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM Join "Project prosauropod" and follow the extraction of a 200-million year-old fossil from its matrix. |
| US NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | U.S. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR
SCIENCE EDUCATION |
US NATIONAL AQUARIUM IN BALTIMORE | FRANKLIN INSTITUTE SCIENCE MUSEUM |
| SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY
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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | U. of CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY | |
| NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LONDON | (BRITISH) SCIENCE MUSEUM | EUROPEAN- MEDITERRANEAN SEISMOLOGICAL CENTRE |
SOUTH AFRICAN
MUSEUM Many articles on South African Paleontology. |
| NASA HOMEPAGE | SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE
INSTITUTE HOME PAGE |
PICTURES FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE | SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION HOME PAGE |
| EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS
ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
COSMOLOGY INTRODUCTION | H.R.MaCMILLAN SPACE CENTRE, VANCOUVER, BC | ASK THE SPACE SCIENTIST - FAQs |
| SETI LEAGUE | SETI@HOME Help Look for Alien Signals with YOUR Computer. |
SETI INSTITUTE |
STELLAR EVOLUTION & DEATH |
| HUBBLE SITE Latest stuff from the orbiting telescope. |
TOUR THE COSMOS
Latest Hubble Site offering. |
PHIL PLAIT'S BAD ASTRONOMY: HOME PAGE
A very diverse site exposing faulty notions ON astronomical topics. |
THE NINE
PLANETS
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System. Also all the moons as well as a look at extra-solar systems. |
| AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY For Amateur and Professional Meteor Fans. |
JOHANNES KEPLER:
THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION A fine page that includes discussions of Kepler's Laws and the properties of ellipses. |
ASTRONOMY 161: THE SOLAR
SYSTEM. Highly detailed University course from U. of Tennessee. |
COSMOLOGY: THE
HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. From Jonathon Dursi of Queen's U.of Cal. Has a discussion of dark matter and plans much more. |
| THE PLANETARY
SOCIETY "....founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman to encourage the exploration of our solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life." |
NASA NEWS: Mapping largest Structure in Universe Also: Links to informative articles. |
SKY & TELESCOPE:
SETI PAGES Several good articles, including a survey of all current Seti searches and a look at the Allen Telescope Array, the first observatory dedicated to Seti. And more, much more. |
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| YAHOO'S LIST OF
BIOLOGY SITES
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CELLS ALIVE All about parasites & bacteria |
ASK A MARINE
SCIENTIST Sea-related Qs & As. |
| HISTORY OF BIOTIC POLLINATION
Short page on pollination and fossil evidence. |
PRIONS: PUZZLING INFECTIOUS PROTEINS Short article on these strange materials. |
THE SLOW
DEATH OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION (1668-1859) A brief look at some tests of this belief. |
| KIMBALL'S BIOLOGY PAGES A complete on-line biology textbook |
MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS PRUNE BRANCHES
FROM THE ANIMAL FAMILY TREE News Item from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. |
WEB SITES OF
EVOLUTIONARY INTEREST From the University of British Columbia Biology 336 course. |
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ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR THROUGHOUT SPECIES An article by Anna Lisa Dowd (U.Texas). |
| ARCHNET Index to Online Archeology sites. |
ARCHEOLOGY From "Cyberpursuits" a short summary followed by lots of links. |
ARCHEOLOGY The Archeological Institute of America. |
| THE WILD SIDE OF GEOARCHEOLOGY PAGE Discusses a number of "alternative" archeological theories ("alternative" seems to bear the same relationship to mainstream as "creation science" does to the real thing.) |
DOUG'S ARCHEOLOGY SITE Archeological and skeptical resources. Airs out Cult Archeology. Huge collection of links. |
IN THE HALL OF MA'AT "The aim of this site is to provide a well reasoned case for the mainstream version of ancient history." Articles and links. |
| PSEUDOSCIENCE IN
CYBERSPACE Article in May/June 2003 issue of Archeology. Discusses the "Hall of Ma'at" and provides links to both cult and counter-cult sites. |
| THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY HOME PAGE Information on the Society aims and activities. |
NEARCTICA - PALEONTOLOGY
MAIN PAGE
Links Paleontological topics such as fossils, time and geology. |
U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY
PALEOBIOLOGY |
| PALEOMAP PROJECT Shows the Plate Tectonic Development of Earth over the past 1100 million years. Animated maps. |
OCEANS OF KANSAS PALEONTOLOGY
Fossils from the Western Interior Sea of North America. |
SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
"A non-profit organization dedicated to professional vertebrate paleontology." |
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ARIZONA FOSSILS About all the fossils you can find in Arizona. Rather on the young side. |
UNEARTHING THE ROOTS OF THE MAMMALIAN FAMILY TREE New light on a dark time. |
PALEOCENE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD
Fine introduction with lists of early mammals and some great links. |
| NON-REPTILIAN LIFE IN MESOZOIC AUSTRALIA Cretaceous mammals and some leftover Labyrinthodonts. |
EARLY CRETACEOUS NON-
DINOSAUR FOSSILS OF VICTORIA (AUST.) Lists of plant and animal fossils with their estimated ages. |
FOSSIL RECORD OF
THE MONOTREMATA Short discussion on these rare fossils. |
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PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH VOL.2 From the U.S. National Parks Service; an index to Research Articles on fossils and traces found in US Parks. |
TRACE FOSSILS AND SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES IN THE PERMIAN COCONINO SANDSTONE Beautiful pictures of spider tracks etc. preserved in the Grand Canyon. |
PLATE TECTONICS:DEATH VALLEY GETTING WIDER The first chapter in a geoscience 10 course from Penn. State U. |
| PALEONTOLOGY RESOURCES Books, News, Categorised Links and Newsgroups. |
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DATING METHODS from About.com Geology Section |
DATING TECHNIQUES IN ARCHEOLOGY College courses on methods of Relative and Absolute Dating. |
Dating Techniques in Archeology U.of BC Anthropology 103 essay. Links to many methods. |
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CHRONOLOGICAL DATING METHODS U of California series of pages |
NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY Potassium-Argon Radiodating |
RADIOMETRIC DATING
An Excellent Essay by Jonathon Woolf |
| RADIOMETRIC DATING
Another excellent essay, this time from a Christian perspective. |
VESUVIUS
ERUPTION A News Release on the Radiometric Dating of the eruption of 79AD. |
Ar40/Ar39 Step Heating Method A Tutorial |
| CARBON DATING
A brief summary of this method. |
REVISIONS TO GEOMAGNETIC
TIMESCALE Dates obtained by K/Ar radiometric determinations over the past 30 years are in error; they are up to 10% too young. |
ISOCHRON DATING
A well-produced summary of this method by Chris Stassen. From the Talk.Origins archive. |
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ANIMATED ISOCHRON Watch a rock get older....fast! |
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| US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S LEARNING WEB
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EARTH FACT
SHEET Numerical data about our planet..... name, rank, serial number :-) Also links to fact sheets of other local planets and moons. And the Sun too. |
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
TEACHING RESOURCES Links to a series of pages discussing a variety of geological topics. |
| TEACHER'S GUIDE TO
THE GEOLOGY OF HAWAII VOLCANOES Links to pages concerned with various aspects. Starting with Plate Tectonics. |
DR. BOB'S GEOLOGIC TIME
PAGE Time period mnemonics - periods and epochs. |
RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCIENCE
AND GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION Large number of links from Michigan U. |
| GLOBAL
ISOCHRON CHARTS By the Paleoceanographic Mapping Project (POMP). 16 Tectonic Plate reconstructions going back from today to 180 million years ago. |
EPISODES OF FLOOD - BASALT
VOLCANISM CORRELATED WITH MASS EXTINCTIONS? Statistical use of Ar/Ar dating results on flood basalts showing close agreement with estimated dates of several mass extinctions. |
THE AGE OF THE EARTH Part of a debate series. This argues that current dating methods establish the age of the earth. References and links to all other debate papers. |
| THE GRAND CANYON
AND THE MOON Applying the fundamental concepts of geology, as illustrated by The Grand Canyon, to the Moon |
THE SELENOLOGICAL COLUMN AND
TIMESCALE Establishing the Moon's geological history. From GEOWORDS, a geological website. |
ANNALS OF THE
FORMER WORLD Reviews of John McPhee's beautiful 5-part book on US geological history. |
| EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Western Oregon U. course with class notes (in pdf form) on a range of relevant subjects, including atoms, Earth in the Universe and Solar System, and geological topics. |
BASIC GEOLOGY COURSE
For primary and secondary teachers; some 16 topics covered. |
GEOLOGY AND WORLD HISTORY
Descriptive listing of this section of Jon Woolf's library with links to Amazon. |
| THE
GEOLOGIC STORY OF THE GREAT PLAINS "A non-technical description of the origin and evolution of the Great Plains" of the USA. A Geological Survey Bulletin. |
Ordovician Epeiric Sea Circulation. A proposed study under the aegis of the US NSF. |
GEOLOGIC FIELD INVESTIGATION: CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS Photographic and chatty record of the 1997 Pasadena City College Geology 30 summer field trip. |
| DARWIN DAY Celebrating Charles Darwin |
ABOUT DARWIN Celebrating Charles Darwin some more. |
EVOLUTION The Process of Evolution and its history. |
| ENTER EVOLUTION
Theory and History. |
HISTORY OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT A collection of essays. |
PE AT 20
Article on Punctuated Equilibrium |
| UNIVERSITY OF EDIACARA "The University of Ediacara (U of E) is an online virtual University dedicated to the study of the origins of life in the cosmos." |
ICHNOLOGY
Study of plant and animal traces. |
HISTORY OF BIOTIC POLLINATION
Evolution of pollination mechanisms. |
| PALYNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA All about the study of fossil pollen grains. Many links. |
THE BURGESS SHALE DEPOSITS
Life in the Middle Cambrian. |
LIZARD EXPERIMENT
Suggests Evolution can be very rapid some times. |
| ACANTHOSTEGA GUNNARI Fossil tetrapod fish. An early transitional. |
EARLY TETRAPODS Links to sites describing a number of early tetrapod fossils. |
MAMMALS UCMP Hall of Mammals. |
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RARE MESOZOIC MAMMAL FOSSIL ABCNews article. |
ZHANGHEOTHERIUM Mesozoic Mammal Fossil from China |
Primitive
Mammals Article on the Symmetrodonts. |
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ORIGIN OF MODERN THERIAN MAMMALS Course of study from G.W.U., Washington DC. |
PRECAMBBRIAN Lecture notes. |
STUDYING
EVOLUTION A host of articles on various examples of evolution. In a teaching mode. |
| EVOLUTION IN ACTION Two new ring species found. |
MARTY ON FOSSILIZATION Dr. Marty Leipzig has a short discussion on this topic. |
THE SHARK
All about this "Evolutionary Masterpiece". |
| WORLD OF RICHARD DAWKINS
Author of 'The Blind Watchmaker'. An Unofficial Page. |
TRILOBITES The earliest arthropods lasted for 350 million years, from the late Cambrian to late Permian. Several thousand species are known and many are useful index fossils. |
STUDYING
EVOLUTION Mini-Essays and links. Geology Dept. of the University of California. |
| DINOSAURIA ONLINE Huge Site with Articles, pictures, links - the Lot! |
JOURNAL OF DINOSAUR
PALEONTOLOGY
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MASTER
DINOSAUR LIST
Stanley Friesen's list of Dinosaurs By Genera and species. |
| PROJECT PROSAUROPOD become part of the project and watch as researchers prepare the 200-million-year-old fossil skeleton of this early dinosaur. |
DINODATA Huge collection of data briefs. |
THE DINOSAUR EXTINCTION DEBATEVolcanism versus Impact. Which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs? |
| DINOSAUR VALLEY The Major fossil site at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. |
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EVOLUTION OF PRIMATES U. of Texas Anthropology course. Extensive study of human and nonhuman primates. (But there is no mention of archbishops). |
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| PRIMATE TAXONOMY
A simple Family tree and a quick taxonomy of primates. |
PRIMATE TAXONOMY Another nice tabular presentation |
PRIMATE
PHYLOGENY
A simple diagram from the Whozoo. With links to several other trees. |
| INSTITUTE OF HUMAN ORIGINS
Affiliated with Arizona State U. |
PREHOMINIDS Simple Tabular Presentation of Prehominid Evolution. |
ORIGINS &
ANTIQUITY OF
HUMANITY U. Manitoba course on Physical Anthropology and Archeology. |
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LONG FOREGROUND: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN ORIGINSFrom Washington State U. |
HOMINID SPECIES TIMELINES Timelines of the Hominids and Information on each. |
HUMAN EVOLUTION Very well done tour of human intermediates with lots of skull photos. |
| HOMINID EVOLUTION
Much the same, but no graphics. |
CHINESE FOSSIL HOMINIDS Tabular presentation of hominid fossils found, so far, in China. |
FOSSIL HOMINIDS The evidence for human evolution. |
| HUMAN ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION IN AFRICA
From Indiana U. A scientific database. Includes links to related sciences. |
BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY LINKS Long list of online resources. |
NEANDERTHALS: A CYBER PERSPECTIVE
Articles on the many aspects of Neanderthalism. |
| NEANDERTHALS AND MODERN HUMANS The transition from Neanderthals to modern humans in different regions. |
NEANDERTHAL EXTINCTION Kathleen Gibson's theory. |
NEANDERTHALS Encyclopaedia Britannica Article. |
| GIBRALTAR NEANDERTHALS Gibraltar Museum Website. |
ANTHROPIC EVOLUTION 1995 Article by David Bryson MD. Already dated! |
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| POPULATION
GENETICS College Course material from Manitoba U. |
GENETICS
& INHERITANCE College Course material from Manitoba U. |
| THE WHOZOO Images and info of the animals in the Fort Worth Zoo. |
NATURAL PERSPECTIVE Science and Nature. |
NEARCTICA
The Natural World of North America: A Portal to a huge variety of pages. |
| THE LIFE SCIENCE SITE "All sorts of things to do with Nature"; Fascinating! |
RING SPECIES
Intermediates between different current species. |
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| ORIGIN AND
EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH Neat collection of articles. |
PROBABILITY OF
ABIOGENESIS Talk.Origins FAQ (1995) |
| LIES, DAMNED LIES,
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY OF ABIOGENESIS CALCULATIONS What about all those 'statistics' that 'prove' that the natural evolution of life is impossible? |
THE SEARCH FOR
LIFE'S ORIGINS An 8-page book from the National Academies on the Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution. |
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EXPLORING EMERGENCE The Game of Life: Quite Fascinating! |
CONWAY'S GAME OF LIFE
Another version of this game. |
| CLUES TO LIFE'S ORIGINS
BBC News Item on chemical reactions at hydrothermal vents. |
BEGINNINGS OF
LIFE ON EARTH Christian de Duve's 1995 article in American Scientist. |
| EARTH'S MAGNETIC
FIELD
Answers to your questions. some links. |
CERBRANETICS
INSTITUTE
Earth's Magnetic Field; two theories. |
CHAOS WITHOUT THE MATH
Articles designed to explain chaos theory without resort to mathematics. Lots of chaos links too. |
| PHYSICS WEB News, Jobs, Events.... |
CERENKOV
RADIATION A fairly technical discussion of what happens when particles travel faster than light;-) |
CERENKOV RADIATION A much less technical discussion. |
| COLD
FUSION PRIMER A discussion of the evidence from 1994. |
COLD FUSION TIMES Journal devoted to keeping the faith in CF. |
SCIENCE NET Answers to your science questions. |
| NEWTON BBS More answers to your questions. |
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND THE
ELECTRON From the Science Museum, London and the Institute of Physics: an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the electron. |
PROBABILITY CENTRAL
MAIN PAGE Offering sections on learning, gaming, help, etc. |
| Dr. MATRIX' WEB WORLD OF SCIENCE
Exploring science on the web. |
THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY
Exploring the Sun. |
JOHN BAEZ on PHYSICS
Useful stuff and links from a mathematical physicist. |
| GENERAL RELATIVITY
"This is bunch of interconnected web pages that serve as an informal introduction to general relativity." From John Baez. |
RICHARD HARTER'S WORLD
Wonderfully eclectic collection of science essays, humour, links..... |
VISUAL TABLE OF ELEMENTS
The table plus links to information pages on each element. |
| BLACK HOLES & MYSTERIES OF THE
COSMOS |
CHAOS From (and at?) Maryland U. |
US NSF SCIENCE RESOURCES STUDIES
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| STRUCTURE & EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE
A NASA Site. |
STELLAR EVOLUTION
HR-Diagram vs The Electric Star(!) Hypothesis. |
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| THE PLANETARY SOCIETY Explore The Solar System. Close links to SETI. |
SITES OF SCIENCE & SKEPTICISM
What's New. |
NCSE REPORTS From the US National Center for Science Education. |
| JIM LOY'S SCIENCE PAGE
Hosts of articles on Astronomy, Biology, Science, Medicine, etc. |
DONALD SIMANEK'S PAGES Wide range of Science- and other- articles and links. |
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| THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS Frank Lambert's chatty version, concentrating on everyday things. |
ENTROPY IS SIMPLE! Another page from Frank Lambert. |
WHAT IS ENTROPY?
First in a series of pages on Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. |
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| NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA SKEPTICS The U.S. Capital, that is. |
AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS HOME PAGE
"Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint." |
JAMES RANDI'S WEBSITE Join the fight against nonsense. But don't be too optimistic; Goethe was all too right when he wrote: "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain! |
| SCIENTIFIC SKEPTICISM, UFOs
AND THE FLYING SAUCER MYTH Lots of essays, articles and links. |
SKEPTICS SOCIETY Lots of links to web sources of information. |
THE SKEPTIC'S DICTIONARY "A Guide for the New Millennium". Definitions, Essays, References. |
| CHARACTERISATION OF QUACK
THEORIES How to evaluate the evidence. |
SOURCES OF SKEPTICAL INFO ON THE INTERNET
HUGE collection of links to both skeptical and credulous sites. |
ROAHN WYNAR'S HOMEPAGE Pseudoscience and Quackery at U of Texas. Emphases on Scientology, Nursing. |
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