That Science Thread.

[AlphonseVanWorden]

Since GitS is science fiction, I thought it'd be neat if there was a thread on which people could post links leading to scientific institutions' websites or to science- and technology-related news items. And it might be fun to talk about science. (Spammers advertising on behalf of or posting links to dietary supplement manufacturers, hormone pedlars, or hair-growth technology specialists will be mocked by me, and I hope they will be punished by the administrator and moderators.)

Some sites I find interesting and useful:

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA website:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/

The American Association for the Advancement of Science:
http://www.aaas.org/

EurekAlert- The AAAS's clearing house for science-related press releases, discussions of bioethics, government information, and research announcements:
http://www.eurekalert.org/

The National Space Development Agency of Japan- Includes links to JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency:
http://www.nasda.go.jp/news_e.html

The European Space Agency:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

SPACE.com- Unsurprisingly, it provides news on astronomy and space exploration:
http://www.space.com/news/

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL):
http://www.csail.mit.edu/index.php

The Institute of Physics and its Electronic Journals site- The Institute of Physics website is a great resource for students and others seeking breaking physical science-related news items. Access to the news articles requires no registration and is free. The publication branch of the UK-based IOP includes journals devoted to biomimetics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology, astrophysics, and environmental science. Reading articles from the journals requires free registration, and you can specify that you don't want your data to be used for marketing purposes and don't want e-mail updates from the IOP. If you don't trust the IOP, just read abstracts from the journals:
http://www.iop.org/news/
http://journals.iop.org/

Physics.org- Another cool site from the UK-based IOP. Ignore the registration request- unless you feel like registering- and browse around. (The Physics Evolution feature is pretty nifty.)
http://physics.org/

Ray Kurzweil's AI site- Everything you want to know (and some stuff you probably don't want to know) about artificial intelligence, life extension technology, the Technological Singularity, nanotechnology, and evolution. Lots of cool links, articles, and debates. Kurzweil's ideas are highly controversial among neuroscientists, futurists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and AI researchers. They're also darned interesting. (If you don't have Flash, select the non-Flash version of the site when prompted.)
http://www.kurzweilai.net/

The Exploratorium- The grooviest science museum of them all:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

[Elmo]

I'm more of a philosophy geek than a science one, but these are the three science sites I have bookmarked.



encyclopedia cybernetica Just another link list but contains most info you could want on robotics in one form or another.

MIT research they dumb down alot but it's still interesting.

newscientistworld's best science magazine IMO, head straight to the tech section.

Robo-Garage English site availible.

Sorry that's a bit focused on robotics and AI. ..now i wonder if you'd be intrested in my miracle cure for that receeding hairline? made from 100% natural arsenic, contains regrowiumite, no?

[AlphonseVanWorden]

Sorry that's a bit focused on robotics and AI. ..now i wonder if you'd be intrested in my miracle cure for that receeding hairline? made from 100% natural arsenic, contains regrowiumite, no?

Only if you're interested in my patented Survive a Hurricane, Live On Canned Goods and Bottled Water, and Lose Weight Quick Diet... "And the best part is, if you live where I do, the trial period is absolutely free!"

Thanks for the links. I kinda want to kick myself for forgetting New Scientist...

[Spica]

Speaking of hair-growth technology, I saw on Good Morning America (or something like that) that some scientists had discovered how to clone hair follicles and implant them into bald guy's heads. This technology supposedly creates naturally growing hair.

[AlphonseVanWorden]

Thank goodness I already have a full head of hair.

Speaking of growing replacements, anyone notice this item, courtesy of the Associated Press?

Scientists aim to regenerate soldiers' lost limbs
Iraq's legacy of hundreds of amputees spurs research race

PITTSBURGH - Like no war before, the war in Iraq has seen unprecedented numbers of injuries due to surprise bomb attacks. And like no other war before, troops are often surviving those attacks, though many of them lose limbs or suffer severe burns. That has led researchers to create the Soldier Treatment and Regeneration Consortium with the goal of growing back body parts, like ears and fingers, and treating burns...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11748883/