This site, authored by Professor Nina Byers of the University of California, Berkeley, is an electronic archive about 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. Organized under...

Many governments have not taken action on climate change because they can't precisely gauge the harm they will experience from climate change effects, or the benefits gained from climate change policy. This paper...

The United Nations has declared the year 2010 as the year of biodiversity, and none too soon. The definition and importance of biodiversity is explained on the "About" page, but in brief, it's a "rich diversity [in...

Award-winning museum in Halifax focuses on Nova Scotia's maritime history. Exhibits cover ships, shipping, naval warfare, life at sea. Collection contains artifacts, images, charts relating to the Navy, merchant marine,...

An interactive archive devoted to Nobel Prizes and prizewinners. Browse by prize type or search by keyword. Additional information about the lack of a prize in mathematics, women laureates, and the Ig Nobel Prizes.