October 18, 2003

The dynamic Earth

http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/

The National Museum of Natural History informs the stories behind the rocks and the gems, and explain how they were made. Rocks such as slate, granite, marble and even sandstone all had previous incarnations somewhere beneath Earth’s crust. So hit the link and get ready to add a new dimension to your brain’s knowledgebase.

 

Science at Harvard

http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/

A team of researchers at Harvard has published a study that attempts to offer insight and news on the latest discoveries and advances in the field of science. The site examins a variety of aspects organized by topic, such as mind, body, society, earth, space, and technology, and summarizes their findings at different levels of detail.

 

The hot Big Bang

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_home.html

This virtual tour introduces the Big Bang cosmology, and its successes. The Cambridge University’s Relativity group highlights the valid parts of the subject and examining the gaps in the current hypothesis. It also addresses some fascinating questions that interests us most, such as: why was the universe the way it was at one hundredth of a second?

 

Linux software

http://freshmeat.net/

This site provides huge collection of open source software, fast and free downloads. It gives daily announcements of the latest Linux software, and a large annotated archive of Linux-related releases. The site’s in-depth sections deal with security, operating systems and programming language such as JSP, XML, SOAP, etc.

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