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The spinning jenny, steam engine, submarine, and flush toilet are just a few inventions of the 18th century.
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The saftey pin, typewriter, and sewing machine were invented this century!
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Crayons, airplanes and tea bags were invented in this century!
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Association Website. Includes list of current events and access to the table of contents for the association's newsletter, EYEPIECE, sometimes with links to fulltext.
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News of interest to members and colleagues in the confectionery industry.
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Formed with the goal of "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching", this site has teaching resources, AAPT's publications, events, and projects, and job postings.
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"The American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) is a national, nonprofit organization which nurtures building of community by bridging science and technology with traditional Native values. Through its educational programs, AISES provides opportunities for American Indians and Alaska Natives to pursue studies in science, engineering, and technology arenas. The trained professionals then become technologically informed leaders within the Indian community."
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The AISES mission is to increase substantially the representation of American Indian and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science and other related technology discipline. At this site, the Career Center provides a resume database for members and a job board that is open to the public.
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"Spotlight" on AIP's current research. Full text of the latest issue of Physics Today and selections from Physical Review and Physical Review Letters. The "Center for History of Physics" offers selected papers of great American physicists
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The employment services are for Ph.D. mathematicians. Information provided at this site includes advice for new Ph.D.'s, programs for graduate students and new Ph.D.'s, Early Career Profiles: Recent bachelors-level graduates in the Mathematical Sciences and more.
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Provides information on education and outreach programs, careers and employment information, and other physics sources.
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This site contains mostly information regarding the ASNS's membership, meetings, publications, related links and programs.
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AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation.
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Search the archives for elementary through college level questions and answers. Sponsored by Drexel University.
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Careers, animal care, and general information.
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Includes: Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, Twilight, Moon Illumination, Eclipses, Positions of the Sun and Moon , Data for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars and lots more data.
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Every day a new image is selected from national and international sources. Click on the "Archive" or "Index" links at the bottom of the page to see lists of previous images.
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Resources for residential construction. Check out the "Building Process" link includes an organizational directory.
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Contains body measurement charts, clothing sizes, and fabric considerations.
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The hotspots described on this site are "the 25 richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on Earth." Search, browse by name of spot, or click on the map to access vital statistics ecosystem, biodiversity, human impacts, and conservation information a detailed map and related links. Also includes a glossary and a definition of the word "hotspots."
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BioMed Central provides over 100 free peer-reviewed electronic journals in biology and medicine.
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Botanical.com A Modern Herbal is an electronic version of Mrs. Maud Grieve's 1931 edition of A Modern Herbal. It describes over 800 varieties of medicinal, culinary, and cosmetic herbs.
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Contains over 17,000 math and statistical calculators and dictionaries classified by specialty and language.
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On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew a man powered aircraft for the first time. It wasnt the first time man flew, and it certainly was not the last. Take off on a discovery of mans attempts to fly. Presented by Scholastic.
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Links to full text of Origin of Species (original and sixth editions), Voyage of the Beagle, and the Descent of Man.
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This site requires registration but contains some useful tools for chemistry research. Includes access to Beilstein Abstracts (1980 - present), an important index of organic chemistry journals, and an online magazine called The Alchemist.
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Design your own space station.
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The Archives of the Laboratory contain books, papers, correspondence, and photographs relating to the history of genetics and molecular biology. The website contains their online catalog, links to databases/books, and descriptions of special collections such as the James D. Watson Archives.
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This site offers a comprehensive guide to architecture, engineering, and construction on the Internet with annotated links to more than three thousand sites including jobs and careers along with the organizations.
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This site includes news, information for homeowners and contractors, lists of suppliers, and more.
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Activities for children of all ages.
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Sharpen skills, play games, and explore new concepts.
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The Cosmetics Ingredient Review reviews and assesses the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics and publishes results in peer reviewed scientific literature.
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a Washington based nonprofit education andadvocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of consumers' food.
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Activities and games from the popular PBS television show.
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An Internet subject directory on food science.
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Searchable database of free, full-text,scientific and scholarly journals.
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Great site for viewing satellite pictures of the earth and moon. Click on the site's homepage at the bottom of the Web page to get access to other interesting resources.
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This site provides information on environmental topics such as coastal and marine ecosystems, climate and atmosphere, and agriculture and good. Included are data tables, country profiles, maps and articles. This site maintained by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
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News, company rankings for contractors and design firms, directory listings, and materials info.
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This American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) site covers scientific press releases from research institutions and scientific organizations.
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The museum of science, art, and human perception. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center. This unique museum was founded in 1969 by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, who was director until his death in 1985.
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An online educational resource for fabric care, flammability standards, textile dictionary, alerts on product recalls, fabric history, and product guide.
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Biographies of famous latin or hispanic inventors from the latin world: Narciso Monturiol, Ellen Ochoa, Baruj Benacerraf, Carlos Finlay, Bernardo Houssay, Luis Federico Leloir, Cesar Milstein, Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Miguel Servet.
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This site includes fashion designer biographies, runway shows, a calendar of invents, fashion trends and reviews, and more.
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The FDA's web information on cosmetics including ingredients, labeling, regulations and international activities.
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Named after its first major benefactor, Marshall Field, this Chicago museum houses encyclopedic collections of more than 20 million biological and geological specimens and cultural objects from around the world. Combining the fields of anthropology, botany, geology, paleontology and zoology, the Museum uses an interdisciplinary approach to increase knowledge about the past, present and future of the physical earth, its plants, animals, people, and their cultures.
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The principal scientific trade association representing the $500 billion U.S. food processing industry.
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HighWire Press is a division of the Stanford University Libraries, which produces free online versions of their peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content in biological and physical sciences.
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Become a scientist in virtual labs, where you can identify deadly pathogens, probe heart patients, dissect a leech, or assay antibodies!" This site offers a variety of interactive learning features, along with background materials, glossaries, and teaching tips. In addition to virtual laboratories, the site features animations such as "Anatomy of the Cochlea" and interactive exhibits on topics such as biological clocks and cardiovascular disease.
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This site is the online version of Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe, a traveling exhibition highlighting Hubble's contributions to astronomy through pictures, interactives, and movies.
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IFST is the independent incorporated professional qualifying body for food scientists and technologists.
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Professional society, holds national and international conferences
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Fulltext of journals dating back to 1968. Highlights from the latest two months of "Journal of Physics B"
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Composed of members worldwide, the site has IFRA's code of practice, industry standards, news, and overview.
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A large list of sites about experiments, the scientific method, and presenting projects.
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Read about the "inventor of the week" at this MIT site.
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The "google" of invention sites - read more about women inventors, African-American inventors, colonial inventors and more.
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This organization maintains lists and estimated counts of endangered wildlife throughout the world.
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Developed by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), J-Stage releases bulletins via the internet of academic societies and research papers that are currently appeared on paper by user organizations.
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Includes biographies of more than 1100 mathematicians and a special index of women mathematicians.
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Take a bus tour and learn about space, the human body insects, dinosaurs, marinde life, insects and more,
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This site provides a variety of general and subject specific calculators.
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MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.
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News, projects, products, and industry related information. See also links for the Engineering News Record (ENR) and other resources. Free and fee-based information available.
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Located in Boston, MA, this science and technology museum's mission is to develop innovative and interactive exhibits and programs that both entertain and educate.