Choosing a Search Engine
The University of Albany Libraries have a compiled a page on how to choose a search engine or directory based on what your want to search for, or how you want to specify the search criteria.
Math and the Simpsons
Dr. Andrew Nestler’s Guide to Mathematics and Mathematicians on “The Simpsons” and Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald’s SimpsonsMath.com.
New ASIMO site
Honda has a new ASIMO web site, with more movies, and a history of Honda’s humanoid robotics work (beginning in 1986). It’s also interesting to check out the Japanese, German and Thai ASIMO sites.
Starship Dimensions
Jeff Russell’s Starship Dimensions provides you with scale comparisons of spacecraft from a variety of science fiction sources (just in case you’ve ever wondered how a Borg Cube stacks up to a Death Star).
Space Station Science Picture of the Day
NASA has a nice new complement to the long-running Astronomy Picture of the Day: the Space Station Science Picture of the Day.