Sixty Symbols provides the story behind sixty symbols used in physics and astronomy.

Put together by people at the University of Nottingham, the website covers 60 popular symbols used in science.

Take a closer look by visiting http://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html.

eSkeletons has been produced by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin.

eSkeletons features interactive models of mammal skeletons...

• select a model from the menu on the home page;
• click on any bone in the model to view it in detail
  • users can choose from a menu of viewing angles;
  • in many cases eSkeletons offers a short video display of the bone you've selected from the menu.

eSkeletons also gives learners the option to compare bones across mod...

When was the last time the lunar eclipse and winter solstice coincided?

• The U.S. Naval Observatory says 1638;
  

• Starhawk, a prominent Wiccan, puts it at 1544.
  

Whatever the answer, it is a rarity! My daughter saw it go "copper coloured" when she was in work (Much to the annoyance of her mum); in case you missed it, here is a time lapse video shot by William Castleman in Gainesville, Florida.

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

I think I must be getting behind the times because I'd not heard of John Conway's Game of Life!

However I came across sixfoottallrabbit's implementation of John Conway's Game of Life using the HTML 5 canvas element.

The Game of Life is a cellular automation!

"What does that mean?"

It means that it consists of a grid of cells which can be in one of a finite number of states. Given any state, there are rules that govern what the next state of the grid will be.

We are looking at l...

With Open Heart, learners can perform, among other things, heart surgery, and learn a lot about how the heart works in the process.

Open Heart has lots of interactive components to help teach about the structure and function of the heart. Learners can...

• put together the pieces of the heart,
  
• make it pump by correctly identifying the blood-flow pathway,
  
• diagnose patients, and
  
• performing bypass surgery (virtually, that is).
  

In each section there is clear readable, easy-to-understan...

Ever wondered how a baby sees the world? Many believe that babies

TinyEyes is an online image manipulation tool that simulates what a baby sees during the different stages of their development.

To use TinyEyes...

• Click the “Try it!” link; found at the top of the homepage;
• Select the age of the child, who’s vision that you want to see, from the drop-down menu;
• Enter the distance in inches from the child;
• Uplo...

Microsoft Research Cambridge <http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/cambridge/default.aspx>, working with the Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics, have come up with an add-in that makes it easier for learners and researchers to include chemical information – such as...

• labels;
• formulas; and
• 2-D depictions;

...within a Word document. And easy to edit afterwards.

Note: Will only work on a computer that is running Office 2007 or Office 2010

And the bonus news is ...

If you are a 'typical British' person, then weather is something we all talk about. You may well have the latest weather displayed...

• on your phone;
• on your computer’s desktop; and/or even
• on the sidebar of your blog.

You may well check the weather...

• before heading out to work ;
• before heading back home; and
• before heading out at the weekend.

Weather applications usually consist of little more than text featuring the latest temperature, barometric pressure readings and maybe a fore...

The National Science and Engineering Week takes place this year from 12-21 March.

A nationwide celebration of...

• science,
• engineering and
• technology

...involving people of all ages in thousands of events across the country.

Mo...

With Inquiry in Action, practitioners can teach physical science and chemistry concepts using an inquiry-based approach that supports national content standards. 

Inquiry in Action is a compilation of...

• lesson plans;
• activities; and
• labs

...all focusing on an inquiry-based approach to learning chemistry and physical science concepts.

Find out more by visiting the website at http://www.inquiryinaction.org/ or download the publication at http://www.inquiryinaction.org/pdf/InquiryinActio...

38, yes 38 animations for those engaged in the delivery of Biology.

The Legal notice on their website tells us that...

"Noncommerical links to animations on this website are permitted only if the link is to the HTML file displaying the animation. Direct links to Flash (.swf), Shockwave (.dcr) or QuickTime (.mov) files are expressly prohibited. Links for commercial purposes are prohibited without the prior written permission of Sumanas, Inc."

This is yet another wonderful re...

It must be obvious to established eMagazine readers that I have a Science/Maths background as I am constantly flagging resources for both. This month is no exception.

John L. Giannini's website has a collection of...

• Movies
• Annimations
• An explorable cell and
• Some useful links.

The Royal Society's gallery of Turning the Pages™ presentations - provides high-quality digital facsimiles of manuscripts which replicate the physical experience of reading the original works as closely as possible. They hope that these interactive resources will give users a flavour of the fascinating and diverse range of material held within their collections. They will be adding more items soon, but for now the list includes...

• William Stukeley's Life of Newton
• Thomas Paine's iron brid...

As the head of the Institute for the Promotion of the Less than One Millimetre, Dutch photographer Wim von Egmond has created the Micropolitan Museum of Microscopic Art Forms, an online gallery of all creatures tiny and tinier.

To gather his collection, von Egmond sampled organisms from anywhere he could find water, scooping up the microscopic creatures from puddles and ditches as well as the ocean. From desmids to diatoms, he has captured all the stunning features of these normally invis...

NASA_CAST is a podcast repository containing a growing selection of audio-visual resources across a wide range of subject areas related to...

• astronomy,
• earth sciences, and
• space exploration.

Audio topics covered include...

• the Solar system,
• recent NASA news,
• the Shuttle and International Space Station,
• NASA moments and
• earth science stories.

The video casts include similar topics plus videos of...

• space missions and
• archive footage.

Note: podcasts are available through iTunes, and vi...

Nature journals are publishing a FREE audio show, called 'ChemPod', every other month; 'ChemPod', is specifically for the chemistry community, from interviews with Nobel Prize winners, to discussions on nanotechnology research and much, much more...

Shows will feature...

• important research from the Nature journals
• interviews with the people behind the science,
• in-depth commentary,
  
• location reports and
• analysis from journalists covering chemistry around the world.

Those who wish can receiv...

Free collaborative wikis, such as Wikipedia are now widely used by learners as a reference source.

In 2007 a number of UK veterinary schools began to explore the possibility of creating a common veterinary wiki. WikiVet was born out of the vision of developing a peer reviewed, comprehensive curriculum wiki to enhance the teaching of veterinary medicine.

The intention has been to...

• create a high quality resource, which can be used as a reliable reference work by students anywhere in th...

McGill University offers the content of many of their courses for free online.

McGill calls their online course content site COOL; it offers course materials dating back to autumn (fall) term (semester) 2005 through to autumn (fall) term (semester) 2009 semester.

The bulk of the course offerings are in the sciences.

The COOL course materials include...

• video and audio lecture files
• slides and
• other reading materials.

Video files are available in a variety of formats including...

• MP...

Teaching or studying nursing, midwifery or health and social care? 

Intute has recently released new or completely updated free Internet tutorials in your subject area!

The updated...

• Internet for Nursing, <http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/nursing>
• Internet for Health and Social Care <http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/healthandsocialcare>  and...

the brand new...

• Internet for Midwifery <http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/midwifery>
  

...can be found either in the Virtual T...