Edge - John Brockman's site promotes inquiry into and discussion of scientific, intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, and works for the intellectual and social achievement of society.
The Galileo Project - Comprehensive and detailed information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and over 600 biographies of contemporaneous scientists, from Rice University.
The Globus Project - A research project investigating how to build infrastructure and developing software for a metacomputing computational grid as described in Physics Today February 2002.
Astronomers reach the event horizon. - X-Ray astronomers believe that they have now seen conclusive evidence of the existence of black holes. [New Scientist] (July 10, 2002)
Quantum gyroscope could reveal universe's spin. - A modified ring-laser gyro is being used to test the prediction from general relativity that some of the space-time near the earth is "dragged with" it as it spins; improvement of this technique using BECs instead of lasers could measure if the universe posesses an intrinsic spin. [New Scientist] (July 10, 2002)