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Webwatch
Inside the teenage brain
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/
This highly interactive website will help you gain a better understanding of how our brain works, besides explaining behavioural patterns of teenagers. It also addresses some interesting questions, like whether or not a good night’s sleep leads to better memory.
Reality blog
http://www.raelity.org/
Reality Bytes is an internet- and technology-based blog which explores a wide variety of issues. From a discussion on the operating systems and definitions of emerging internet terms to reviews of technology books, the blogger covers it all.
Hi-tech jokes
http://amasci.com/hoax.html
This is the website where you can actually have some fun with science. Featured here are some interesting yet bizarre devices that can be created with the help of a few easily available items. The uses of the devices are also discussed. All this comes with a warning that one needs to be careful when attempting to build some of the devices.
Quicksand
http://stilton.tnw.utwente.nl/dryquicksand/
Is the existence of quicksand a myth? Here is one website which explores the scientific reality behind quicksand. Apart from the scientific how-to, you can also access some audio-visual material and find out how quicksand can be created in the laboratory.
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