science

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General & Reference

• arXiv.org: "Open access to e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology"
• HV Wiki: for "science, engineering, and technology, especially by hobbyists at home".

Issues

• Issuepedia: Corruption in academia

Areas of Science

Biological Sciences

• BioForge: "a new community for biological innovation" (sort of like SourceForge, but for bioscience)
• BioRoot: for information and materials sharing in the biological sciences
• The Synaptic Leap: "Open-Source Biomedical Research"
• Tree of Life taxonomy project
• Wikiomics Bioinformatics Wiki

Mathematics

• Free Electronic Mathematics Journals

Complex Systems

• New England Complex Systems Institute
  • NECSI Complex Systems Wiki

Physics

• not yet reviewed:
  • Celestia "free galaxy-simulator"
  • Motion Mountain "the free physics textbook"
  • Orbiter: "free (though not open-source) space flight simulator"
  • Space Combat "free, physics-based simulator"
• Quantum Physics
  • explanatory series by Eliezer Yudkowsky at Overcoming Bias:
    • 2008-04-09 Quantum Explanations
    • 2008-04-10 Configurations and Amplitude
    • 2008-04-11 Joint Configurations
    • 2008-04-12 Distinct Configurations
    • 2008-04-15 Classical Configuration Spaces
    • 2008-04-15 The Quantum Arena
    • 2008-04-17 Feynman Paths
  • In the beginning was the bit: Anton Zeilinger's information-theory-based explanation

Organizations

• Society for Amateur Scientists: "Helping ordinary people do extraordinary science"