Pete’s Lynx

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Lyncean Pete Lobner prowls the internet for articles and links about topics that may be of interest to the Lyncean Group of San Diego.  If you would like to see Pete’s recent posts, which address a wide range of topics, please click on the link below.  You also can review posts by category by clicking on the appropriate link in the box on the right.

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In addition, Pete has compiled the following list of links to external sites that could be of interest to Lyncean members:

Academia.edu –  search for papers, people & interests:  https://www.academia.edu

Air University – US Air Force:  https://www.airuniversity.af.edu

Airframer – The Aircraft Manufacturing Supply Chain Directory:  http://www.airframer.com/default.html

The Airship Association:  http://www.airship-association.org/cms/

ALSOS Digital Library for Nuclear Issues: http://alsos.wlu.edu/default.aspx

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): https://www.aaas.org

American Nuclear Society (ANS): http://www.ans.org

Arctic Council:  http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/

Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL): http://www.csp.navy.mil/asl/index.htm

Arms Control Association:  https://www.armscontrol.org

Atomic Heritage Foundation:  https://www.atomicheritage.org

Atomic Rocketships of the Space Patrol:  http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php

Aviation Week & Space Technology Archive (1916 to present; subscription required):  http://archive.aviationweek.com

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), free access to biodiversity knowledge:  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

BirdCast (Real-time predictions of bird migrations): https://birdcast.info

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:  https://thebulletin.org

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest:  https://www.bulwer-lytton.com

California Institute of Technology – Caltech: http://www.caltech.edu

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA):  https://www.cia.gov/index.html

Choose Energy (Bitcoin mining energy consumption): https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/bitcoin-mining-energy-consumption/

Computer History Museum: http://www.computerhistory.org

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/

Covert Shores – H. I. Sutton naval analysis:  http://www.hisutton.com

Daily Galaxy – Great Discoveries Channel: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/

Dark Energy Survey: http://www.darkenergysurvey.org

Dartmouth Flood Observatory:  http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu

Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA):  https://www.darpa.mil

Department of Commerce (DOC):  https://www.commerce.gov

Department of Energy (DOE): https://www.energy.gov

Department of Transportation (DOT):  https://www.transportation.gov

Digiconomist (Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index): https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/

EarthSky – updates on your cosmos and world: http://earthsky.org

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI):  https://www.epri.com/#/?lang=en-US

Encyclopedia Astronautica: http://www.astronautix.com

Energy Information Administration (EIA):  https://www.eia.gov

European Southern Observatory (ESO)http://www.eso.org/public/

European Space Agency (ESA):  https://www.esa.int/ESA

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED): https://fred.stlouisfed.org

Federation of American Scientists (FAS): https://fas.org

Florish, a blog by the Florish team on data visualization and storytelling: https://flourish.studio/blog/

Free Virtual Tours, Online Collections, and Other Free Resources to Explore on the Internet: https://lynceans.org/all-posts/free-virtual-tours-online-collections-and-other-free-resources-to-explore-on-the-internet/

Fortune 500: https://fortune.com/fortune500/

The Global Carbon Project:  https://www.globalcarbonproject.org

Global Energy World: http://www.globalenergyworld.com

GlobalSecurity.com (subscription required for repeated visits):  https://www.globalsecurity.org

Google Arts & Culture portal: https://artsandculture.google.com/explore

Illustrated History of Computers:    http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/History.htm

Institute for Energy Research (IER):  https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org

Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP), at George Washington University:  https://iistp.elliott.gwu.edu

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): https://www.iaea.org

International Energy Agency (IEA): https://www.iea.org

International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM):  http://fissilematerials.org

Internet Archive (Wayback Machine): https://archive.org

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) – California Institute of Technology:  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell;  best known for their distinctive animated videos on topics from the fields of science, space, technology, biology, history and philosophy: https://kurzgesagt.org

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL): https://www.llnl.gov

Library of Congress (LOC):  https://www.loc.gov

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL):  https://www.llnl.gov

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT):  http://www.mit.edu

Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft): https://www.mpg.de/en

MCN (formerly the Museum Computer Network) – advancing digital transformation in museums: http://mcn.edu/about/

National Academies Press (NAP):  http://www.nap.edu

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA): https://www.nasa.gov

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA):  https://www.nga.mil/Pages/Default.aspx

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):  http://www.nist.gov

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer & Arthur M. Sackler Galleries): https://asia.si.edu

National Museum of Mathematics: https://momath.org

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force:  https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO): http://www.nro.gov

National Science Digital Library (NSDL):  https://nsdl.oercommons.org

NATO Review:  https://www.nato.int/docu/review/index.html

Nature – International Journal of Science (subscription required):  https://www.nature.com

Naval Airship Association:  https://www.naval-airships.org

Naval Analysis:  http://www.navalanalyses.com

Naval History and Heritage Command – back issues of Naval Aviation News: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues.html

NavSource Naval History – Photographic History of the U.S. Navy: http://www.navsource.org

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):  http://www.noaa.gov

National Science Foundation (NSF):  https://www.nsf.gov

New Scientist – magazine online archive (1950 – 1989): https://books.google.com/books?id=reE9YRnv2i0C

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC): https://www.nerc.com/AboutNERC/Pages/default.aspx

Nuclear Engineering International (NEI): http://www.neimagazine.com

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC): https://www.nrc.gov

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL): https://www.ornl.gov

OPENCULTURE free cultural & educational media:  http://www.openculture.com

The Planetary Society – Empowering the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration:  http://www.planetary.org

Popular Mechanics – magazine online archive (1905 – 2005): https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Mechanics.html?id=49gDAAAAMBAJ

Popular Science – magazine online archives:

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory – A Collaborative National Center for Fusion & Plasma Research: https://www.pppl.gov/research/experimental-fusion-research

Public Library of Science (PLOS) – Accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed science:  https://www.plos.org

RAND Corporation – including monograph reportshttps://www.rand.org/about.html

RankingTheWorld (RTW): dynamic visualization YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFRoQ_PH8Ho5bUQb443PPqw

ResearchGate:  https://www.researchgate.net

Rocketdyne Archives:  http://www.rocketdynearchives.com/home.html

Sci-News – breaking science news:  http://www.sci-news.com

Science Direct:  https://www.sciencedirect.com

Science.gov –   “Gateway to U.S. Federal Science”:  http://www.science.gov/index.html

Scientific American:  https://www.scientificamerican.com

Smithsonian Institution:  https://www.si.edu

Space.com – NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News: https://www.space.com

Spaceline – Cape Canaveral history:  http://www.spaceline.org

Tabletop Whale – an original science illustration blog: http://tabletopwhale.com/index.html

Thorium Energy Alliance:  http://www.thoriumenergyalliance.com/index.html

TOP500 Supercomputing site:  http://top500.org

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): https://www.ucsusa.org

Universe Today – Space and astronomy news: https://www.universetoday.com

University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library:  https://digital.library.unt.edu

U.S. Drought Monitor: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS): https://www.usgs.gov

U.S. Metric Association (USMA):  http://www.us-metric.org/#information-about

Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia:  https://www.wikipedia.org

Wiley Online Library (most documents are not free): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

WolframAlpha computational knowledge engine:  http://www.wolframalpha.com

World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO):  https://www.wano.info

World Bank Open Data:  http://data.worldbank.org

World Clock:  http://www.poodwaddle.com

World Economic Forum:  https://www.weforum.org

World Federation of Great Towers:  http://www.great-towers.com/towers/

World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int

World Life Expectancy: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com

World Nuclear News (WNN): http://www.world-nuclear-news.org

World Nuclear Association (WNA): http://www.world-nuclear.org

World Resources Institute:  https://www.wri.org

XPRIZE:  https://www.xprize.org