h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi everybody This is my first time for using h2g2. I just wanted to ask a question. I like science and I wanted to know if anybody knows of any good science websites because I usually look out for good ones when I am on the internet. Also if anybody could guide me around the place as well thankyou.

hi jhawkesby and welcome to hootoo

go to the front page and try SEx:

the science explained conversation

Thankyou Do you like science.

I think you'll find a fair few people round here who are really quite knowledible and interested in science; I've known practising medical doctors nurses and several just plain boring scientist types like me myself (NOt to mention far far too many geeky computer sciency type people, err kinda like me also I guess )
So, which bits of science in particular?: fraid I'm not much use on the mind bogglingly complicated bits of physics and maths but try to do my best at biology seeing as how I studied it for years.... Mind I get to have fun now messing about with computers and breaking them instead

I like science in general but chemistry is my favourite part. I do like biology especially human biology because my mum is a doctor so I have grown up through listening to medical stuff.

Any other science websites.

Has anybody heard of the magazine called Scientific American and if so what do you think of it.

I have never read Scientific American.

On the internet, I suppose a good place to start for science would be the website for "Science" and "Nature", which are the big, almost populist science journals. Much of the stuff there is not available without a subscription sadly.

Also, the NASA website almost always has something interesting on it.

Are you looking for somewhere to read about science, or somewhere to discuss it?

Hi Jhawkesby

Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com/) is a good read as is New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns). Scientific american has a weekly podcast and if you like podcasts then ABC Radio National (Australian broadcaster) has the Science Show (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/) which I find interesting most weeks.

NASA has lots going on all the time on their site - http://www.nasa.gov/ .

You say you like chemistry. I know there are others on here that will know more than me on that subject but here is a site I like - http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/ . Also here is astronomy, maths and physics.

t. (not a scientist)

Wolfram Mathworld has solved many of my maths problems .

To correct a typo: New Scientist is found at http://www.newscientist.com/.

And SEx: Science Explained is at A4108330.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula

TRiG.

To correct a typo: The New Scientist homepage is at http://www.newscientist.com.

SEx: Science Explained is at A4108330.

Try also Science Blogs. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula

TRiG.

Sorry. The server was playing with me there. I thought the post had failed.

TRiG.

Thanks TRiG

I usually put a space between brackets and links to avoid just that sort of thing!

t.