Is Science Fiction Science?
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/VISIFUT.html
Popular visions of the future.
http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~english/cbl/
project/taz/cpunk.htm
Cyberpunk -- a prediction of the future.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/
02/07/gibson_doc/index.html
In "No Maps for These Territories," cyberpunk star William Gibson says he
is reflecting current reality disguised as science fiction.
http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/
ksrobinson.html
Utopian visions from Kim Stanley Robinson.
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/
nonfiction/kensf.htm
Science Fiction After the Future Went Away: a feature by Ken MacLeod.
Can We Believe in Both Science and Religion?
http://www.metanexus.net/index.html
Metanexus online forum on science and religion.
http://www.talkorigins.org/design/faqs/nfl/
One of the most thorough critiques of the Intelligent Design argument.
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-03/intelligent-design.html
Intelligent Design meets Artificial Intelligence. Proponents of "Intelligent Design" claim information theory refutes Darwinian evolution. Modern physics and artificial intelligence research turn their arguments on their head.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16074
Stephen Pinker says our fate lies not in our blank slates, but our genomes.
How Does the Autistic Brain Work?
http://dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=6386
The search for an autism gene
http://canfoundation.org
Cure Autism Now Site, the most active US organization for finding a cure for autism
http://www.autism-society.org/site/
PageServer?pagename=autismcauses
Autism Society of America on what causes autism
How Weird is the Cosmos?
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/
0302/feature1/index.html
Discoveries are revolutionizing our picture of how the cosmos came to be.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=
000A35B6-DB39-1C6A-84A9809EC588EF21
&pageNumber=1&catID=2
The cosmos gets complicated.
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/
Mysterious tales and legends to fill the active mind.
Microbes - Friend or Foe?
http://library.thinkquest.org/11170/
Anatomy of an epidemic.
http://www.microbeworld.org/
MicrobeWorld.
http://www.germology.com/
Germology: the everyday science of germs.
How Does Order Arise in the Universe?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/
cosmic_galaxies_020122-1.html
The origins of galaxies.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID
=000CC6E4-9171-1DC9-AF71809EC588EEDF
&pageNumber=1&catID=2
Nature's patterns -- and Pollock's art -- find beautiful order in chaos.
http://www.deepleaf.com/fractal/
Beautiful fractal patterns arise from chaos.
Why is Music So Significant?
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/
scitech/DyeHard/dyehard020123.html
Are brains wired for music better built to last?
http://www.discover.com/aug_01/featmusic.html
Will music yield up its mysteries to science?
http://www.discovery.com/stories/
technology/fractals/fractals.html
"Fractal music" captures sounds of chaos.
Will Computers Take a Quantum Leap?
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/
7845/7845scit.html
What promise do quantum computers hold?
http://strc.herts.ac.uk/tp/info/qucomp/
How quantum computers work.
http://www.qubit.org/
The Centre for Quantum Computing.
Does Psychiatry Have a Split Personality?
http://www.forensic-psych.com/articles/
artNYTTalkTherapy8.27.02.html
Talk therapy can change brain chemistry.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/
news.jsp?id=ns99992504
Does contemplation work as well as medication for psychiatric patients?
http://health.discovery.com/centers/
mental/mental.html
Online information center on mental health.
How Does Basic Science Defend America?
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/
article/0,12543,188271,00.html
New technologies man the front lines of war.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=
0008FA18-8FBD-1CD6-B4A8809EC588EEDF
&pageNumber=1&catID=2
The Defense Department is looking for a few good mechanical insects.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/
news.jsp?id=ns99992237
Robo-rats could be drafted for rescue work.
Is Consciousness Definable?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/
05/0502_dolphinvanity.html
Dolphins recognize themselves in mirrors.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID
=000E0386-C73D-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21
&pageNumber=1&catID=2
Can brain science explain why you're you and not someone else?
http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/
Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.
Is the Universe Full of Life?
http://www.resa.net/nasa/antarctica.htm
Life in Extreme Environments -- the link between our place and outer space, Antarctic and Europa.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/vostok/
PDF file of an NSF workshop on Lake Vostok and the problems of drilling there.
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/
news/story3_2_01.html
LA Times Feature on thedrilling program and search for ancient life.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/
news.jsp?id=ns99992929
New Scientist news report.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/
missions/europa_colonies_010606-1.html
Humans on Europa -- a plan for colonies.
Can Religion Withstand Technology?
http://www.science-spirit.org/
"Science and Spirit" connects science and religion.
http://whyfiles.org/095evolution/
Can science conquer Kansas?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
s2001/08/0814_delphioracle.html
Nature may explain Oracle's insights at Delphi.
Testing New Drugs: Are People Guinea Pigs?
http://www.ncahf.org/pp/whcpp.html
NCAHF Position Statement on White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/
324/7337/598
The BMJ's short guide to tools for rating the quality of health information on the internet. (Requires registration.)
http://www.time.com/time/covers/
1101020422/
People entering medical trials face uncertain risks.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/wire/
sns-ap-blacks-tuskegee0225feb25,0,3450617
.story?coll=sns-ap-health-headlines
A look back at the Tuskegee Syphilis study.
