- 125 Questions: What Don't We Know? - In depth feature from Science Magazine exploring 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry over the next quarter-century. (featured in July 2005)
- 3 Laws Unsafe - Project by the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence that points out flaws in the Asimov Laws model, and discusses potential improvements. (featured in July 2004)
- Ancient Writings Revealed - On August 4, 2006, modern scientific tools at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory will be used to uncover the original letters and diagrams of a 1000-year-old Archimedes text. Watch the live webcast or join the event at the Exploratorium. (featured in Aug 2006)
- Balloon Molecules - Using balloons to display molecules. (featured in Dec 2003)
- DinoQuest Sahara - Follow a four-month hunt for dinosaur fossils including: 600-toothed giant plant-eaters, flying reptiles, massive crocodiles, and more. (featured in Nov 2000)
- Flipping for Science - Visit FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography vessel that turns over for research. (featured in Nov 2005)
- For the Love of LEDs - Testing and evaluation of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and products made with them. Includes photographs of test-firings, and the world's first Virtual LED Museum. (featured in Oct 2000)
- Forces of Nature - National Geographic explores the violent nature of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and volcanoes in this companion to the documentary film. (featured in Sep 2004)
- How Everyday Things Are Made - The Alliance of Innovative Manufacturing offers a look at how products are made. (featured in Aug 2003)
- IronMiners.com - Group of mine researchers dedicated to capturing and preserving the historic mining industry of the northeastern United States. (featured in Sep 2006)
- Junk Charts - Blog assessing and criticizing unclear, uninformative graphics of data, and recycling "chartjunk" as junk art. (featured in May 2006)
- Local Harvest - A directory of organic farms that grow and sell food in local areas. (featured in Dec 2000)
- Meatrix, The - Parody site and Flash movie in an effort to learn about factory farms and how meat is processed. (featured in June 2006)
- Mine Explorer Society, The - Exploring abandoned mines since the 1980s, predominately in the small village of Nenthead in Cumbria on Alston moor. (featured in Mar 2006)
- Modern Mechanix - Blog featuring vintage magazine ads and articles of what "tomorrow" once looked like. (featured in May 2007)
- National Geographic's Top Ten Stories of 2006 - Manicured "bog men," monster rabbits, human quadrupeds, and the Lost Gospel of Judas all appear in this round-up of the magazine's most popular stories of the year. (featured in Dec 2006)
- National Hurricane Survival Initiative - Tropical storm statistics and facts, preparedness guide, and news from the U.S.'s leading weather and emergency management experts. The National Hurricane Survival Initiative is designed to help prepare the nation's hurricane-vulnerable states for the upcoming hurricane season. (featured in July 2006)
- NIST Stone Test Wall - Wall made up of over two thousand individual samples of stone to study the performance of stone subjected to weathering. (featured in Apr 2001)
- NOAA Ocean Explorer - Provides public access to current information on a series of NOAA scientific and educational explorations and activities in the marine environment. (featured in May 2006)
- NOVA: Magnetic Storm - Examines the how, why, and possible consequences of the weakening magnetic field protecting the Earth. (featured in Nov 2003)
- PBS: Extreme Oil - Companion to the three-part series on the world's dependency on oil, the pipelines, the "curses," and the extremes countries will go to extract this resource. (featured in Sep 2004)
- Phylotaxis - Explores the space where science meets culture through constantly updated news stories. By artist Jonathan Harris, for Seed Magazine. (featured in Dec 2005)
- Pick Your Poison - Environmentalist's guide to oil and gas companies. From The Sierra Club. (featured in Jan 2007)
- Rainforestweb.org - Directory of sites and news related to the preservation of forests around the globe. (featured in June 2001)
- RedShift Now - Science news, techie topics, and more from the Ontario Science Centre. (featured in Mar 2007)
- Research Matters at Harvard University - Offers insight and news on the latest discoveries and advances by Harvard researchers. Organized by topic: mind, body, society, earth, space, and technology. (featured in July 2001)
- Rocket Science 101 - Interactive NASA feature lets you "assemble" a Delta II or an Atlas V rocket. Learn about the basic parts of these launch vehicles, how they are configured, and how they work together with NASA spacecraft. (featured in May 2006)
- Strange Matter - Interactive companion to the Ontario Science Center exhibit exploring the secrets of everyday stuff. (featured in Sep 2003)
- TerraFly - Interactive vehicle for flying over remote sensed imagery from different regions of the world. (featured in Nov 2001)
- Tessellations.org - About all aspects of tessellations, from their history and development to complete galleries of examples by the author and M.C. Escher, the pioneer of the art. Also includes "do it yourself" workshops. (featured in Feb 2004)
- The Cloud Appreciation Society - Founded on the belief that clouds are unjustly maligned and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them. Includes a gallery of cloud photos as well as a Cloud of the Month feature. (featured in Aug 2007)
- Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body - Online exhibit on the history of forensic medicine from The Institute of Health. (featured in Mar 2006)
- Water's Journey: Everglades - PBS film and site taking stock of Florida's Everglades and the world's most ambitious conservation and restoration project that's trying to save them. (featured in Nov 2006)
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