Webwatch

High achievers

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/
Of course, when it comes to science and technology, there are many people who can be credited with furthering the field and acting as pioneers of advances in different disciplines. This is one website which pays tribute to some of those people by featuring their detailed profiles. You can read all about the people behind health, medicine and biomedical research, in particular.


Nervous already?

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
If neuroscience is your weak point, this is one website you can use to brush up on your basics. Not only can you learn more about the nervous system in a highly interactive environment, but you can also read about the latest research and breakthroughs in research related to the brain. To clear your concepts, you can ask your own questions on the website’s network.


Pooling the news

http://www.tidepool.org/
Wondering what are the most important environmental issues these days? This website collects news stories from various sources and updates its website daily with the most pressing environmental issues. Though it is a bit restricted geographically, you can still get a lot of information here.



Newton’s apple

http://www.tpt.org/newtons/
Although this website is the homepage of a scientific show on television, it features quite a lot of interesting stuff for geeks. There is a whole collection of do-it-yourself science experiments, with detailed synopses and background information for each episode of the show.