Here are some useful online resources for non-scientists who would like to learn more about the biosciences.
Science News
- Discover Magazine
- Scientific American
- Science/AAAS | News
- EurekAlert! Science Reporting for Kids
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker: covers science news coverage
Ask-a-Scientist
There are number of sites where the curious public can submit questions directly to scientists.
- Ask a Biologist (UK)
- Ask a Biologist (ASU)
- Ask a Geneticist (Tech Museum of Innovation)
- Ask a Scientist (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
- Ask a Neuroscientist (Neuroscience for Kids)
- Ask about Human Evolution (Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program)
- Ask a NASA scientist (NASA)
- MadSciNet
- Did you ever wonder? (LBL)
- Ask a scientist (science.ca)
- How Everything Works (Explaining the physics of everyday life)
- Ask a Paleontologist (BLM)
- What's That Bug?
Experiment at Home
- Everyday Scientist (Exploratorium)
- The Interactive Body (BBC)
- Bottle Biology
- Experiments (science.ca)
- How to Extract DNA from Anything Living (Learn.Genetics)
- Mind Lab
- The Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking
- The Open Biohacking Project
Other Cool Sites
- Molecular Movies: A Portal to Cell & Molecular Animation
- Exploratorium
- BBC Human Body & Mind
- UC Berkeley's Understanding Evolution
- The Visible Embryo
- Dolan DNA Learning Center
