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InteliHealth - Johns Hopkins Health health and medical news, and consumer health issues
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US government consumer health information Candidiasis Syndrome

Kid's Health American Medical Association Physician Select Shoreland's Travel Health Online

Free searching of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE abstracts database. Offers full-text articles from a number of medical journals, all of which are searchable. The "Patient Info" section groups information for consumers by category; the articles within each category are linked to related information elsewhere on the site. The news page offers the latest medical headlines, as well as recent articles grouped by subject.

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide

Space Exploration and Colonization, Science Links

Mars -- I want to Go! The National Space Society
Mars Pathfinder Mission: NASA S.F.Examiner Compuserve Discovery Magazine Mars

Life on Mars Update Evidence of Primitive Life From Mars

The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reached Mars orbit on September 11, 1997 in preparation for mapping the planet that on March, 1998. This site is highlighted by real time updates, flight status reports, telemetry information, and an annotated QuickTime movie, as well as several images of Mars taken from MGS (the last four can be found under Hot News. After orbit insertion, a period of "aerobraking," "lower[ing] the orbit without using Surveyor's rocket engine," is scheduled to occur until mid-January, 1998, in preparation for mapping. NASA has reorganized its Surveyor and Pathfinder pages under one page called MarsWeb, where over fifty mirror sites around the world can be found. [Scout Report]

Gallileo Solid State Imaging Full Data Releases--JPL Those interested in beautiful astronomical pictures can view the over forty images of Jupiter and four of its moons. These images are accompanied by descriptive information.
Hubble Surveys the "Homes" of Quasars Hubble Public Images Discovery Magazine Online How Things Work Home Page
The Why Files explores the "science behind the news."
Scientific American National Geographic Society American Museum of Natural History
SCIENCE-NEWS, a free weekly digest prepared by the staff of Prism Express, is designed for journalists, educators, the financial community, and almost anyone with a strong interest in science. To subscribe send email to: prismx@earthlink.net. In the body of the message type: SUB SCIENCE-NEWS
National Research Council--Science in the Headlines Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Houghton Mifflin Education Place includes a Math Center, a Reading/Language Arts Center, and a Social Studies Center. Each Center has activities, links to related web resources, suggestions for reading, and resources for teachers. Throughout the site are ideas for parents and kids, as well as resources that specifically instruct teachers on how to enrich their curricula.
Digital Dozen--Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
One of the highlights of the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, a well-known K-12 math and science resource, is the Digital Dozen. Each month Eisenhower puts the spotlight on what they feel are the best K-12 math and science resources available. Past sites have included "Clever Games for Clever People" (Mega-Mathematics), "Hyperlessons" (West Virginia Rural Net), "Paleontology Without Walls" (University of California Museum of Paleontology), and "PlaneMath" (InfoUse). Each site is briefly annotated and a year long archive is kept, which means that bookmarking the site will give educators access to over 150 quality math and science sites at all times. The main Eisenhower site offers the Resource Finder, a searchable database of over 7,000 K-12 curriculum resources (Internet and non-Internet).
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WWWebster Dictionary WWWebster Pronunciation Guide
Colorado State University Online Writing Center Reference Materials
Quotations Page Random Quotes