Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen.
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A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. The conference itself is invitation only, but the website features all the talks at the conference in high res video format.
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The New Scientist website carries new articles from the magazine as well as the NS archive of over 76,000 pieces.
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The Big Think website is a collection of ‘global thought leaders’ who offer their thoughts and analysis on world events and other important developments
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‘for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology’
The idea behind Cafe Scientifique is that anyone can go to one of the many events organised throughout the world for a layman’s explanation of a scientific subject by a scientist involved in the area.
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This fantastic website by David Bleja demonstrates CO2 emissions and world population growth in real time on a global map.
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It is a web comic, but it’s in a league of its own. XKCD by Randall Munroe (A former NASA contractor). The comics follow a theme of ‘romance, sarcasm, math and language.’
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A great collection of articles, essays, disputes and reviews by a select collection of bloggers and publications.
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An enormous website that explains the workings of everything from electronics to déjà vu.
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Free university video courses spanning a range of subjects including history, chemistry and computer science.
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A collection of eyewitness accounts and media from the ancient world through to modern history.
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You forgot thisone! http://www.gapminder.org/
Looks like you are a real pro. Did ya study about the issue? hehe
I’m a fan of: how stuff works, that’s a great site
NS has started restricting online free content.I will miss it,it was often interesting.
http://www.edge.org should also be on the list!
Another good one for the list: khanacademy.com
Great list! I disagree on TED though. I used to absolutely LOVE TED, but recently it has become a collection of self righteous douche bags!
I agree with Tom in regards to “TED”. I mean about the “Self-righteous part anyway. Nice compilation of sites.
Makesmethink.com.
Hmmmmh, great!
http://documentaryheaven.com Should get a mention here.
thanks for the information, makes me think “so many websites, so little time”
what if they don’t make you think? Some just seem like too good to be true, especially some of the lectures on ted, just sooo out of reach, they make me upset with lief
and http://www.allthingshuman.net !!
Great list! Unfortunately I also agree with Tom. TED is not as good as it used to be. There’s a couple here I haven’t looked at before but now will. Thanks!
Oh yeah, and Jose, I’ve just become addicted to Documentary Heaven. Fabulous site.
Don’t forget pbs.org
overthinkingit.com
http://wired.com
how could you not list http://www.longnow.org ??
In the day to day Internet activities we seem to get caught up in the social sites that are a far cry from something that makes us think.
you can’t miss this one: http://10awesome.com/
Great list, mostly new for me; however, i will take advantage of
the information thanks
Regards
@doug hay agreed..
Great list indeed, Thanks alot ^^
Let’s not forget Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com)
Great post would it be OK if i translate into German for our sites visitors? Thanks
I like this one, good for explaining things to the kids: http://www.butwhydad.co.uk
I personally love the how stuff works website, you get to learn a lot of things there.
XKCD makes you think, hmmmm
Great, good selection
Thanks for the great post. Please continue writing good post like this!
Well, thanks for making my brain go kaboom from some of these…
http://survivingtheworld.net/
How could one forget stumbleupon.com
Great collection..pbs.org is also a good site
How Stuff Works is a great site – I listen to their podcasts all the time. Great way to learn about, well, how life works!
I visit how stuff works a lot and I learn a lot of things from it. And there are great tutorials there especially if you’re fond of electronics.
stumbleupon.com is great. I even found this good list of websites by it.
Letters of Note
I could watch Ted talks for hours on end….such brilliant speakers. Also http://www.khanacademy.org is one of the best resources for learning pretty much anything.
http://www.khanacademy.org
Here are three more:
CBC digital archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/
National Film Board – films, documentaries, animation
http://www.nfb.ca/
Historica Dominion Institute
http://www.histori.ca/
http://www.Sott.net …. up to date news that you won’t hear through the media
“Signs Of The Times”
I enjoy a good think at http://www.tvo.org.
TED lost me too, How Stuff Works and Eyewitness are two of my favorites, a couple of the others I’m aware of but aren’t in my interest range. Very good list for the thinkers though.
Great list of sites to visit for endless information.
How can you leave out Science daily
TED beats all of these… best site ever.
Its Awesome … Thanks
Thank you .. I make think of these wonderful sites.
great intellectual websites I Like it.
This list make me think too much
http://realityblogging.blogtothinkabout.com/
ouch, my brain is hurting, I did so much thinking
inspired
A great list of good spots for those who like to think and ponder. I appreciate it!
Sometimes the internet and my own blogs need a bit of real learning to reorient me!
I like the helpful information you provide in your articles. I’ll bookmark your blog and check again here frequently. I’m quite sure I’ll learn a lot of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!
Academic Earth is actually being used in my 4th graders classroom this year. Great list.
Good list. Benefited. Thanks.
very good stuff it well helpful for people
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