Science & Nature
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https://h14s.p5r.org/2012/09/0x5f3759df.html
Christian Plesner Hansen's technical blog dives deep into the legendary fast inverse square root hack and its magic constant 0x5f3759df, tracing the algorithm's surprising history from Ardent Computer in the 1980s through SGI, 3dfx, and Quake III Arena. The post rigorously explains the underlying floating-point bit manipulation, generalizes the technique to arbitrary powers, and includes graphs and mathematical derivations that illuminate why this 'evil' hack actually works.
https://fourmilab.ch/
Fourmilab is John Walker's legendary personal science and technology site, home to a vast collection of interactive tools, essays, and experiments spanning astronomy, physics, computing, and more. Notable features include real-time Earth and Moon viewers, historical documents, and decades of original technical writing that have made it a classic destination on the web.
https://atmos.uw.edu/marka/wa.normals.html
Hosted on the University of Washington's atmospheric sciences domain, this page presents observed climate normals for Washington State covering the 1971-2000 period. Visitors can click on map markers to retrieve mean monthly precipitation, daily maximum temperature, and daily minimum temperature data for locations across the state.
https://stansweather.net/chase-logs
Stan Olson's storm chasing archive covers decades of severe weather pursuits across Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, and beyond, with individual chase logs dating back to 1999. Each entry chronicles a specific storm chase event, including notable encounters like a tornado near Elmwood IL and a high-risk chase in North Central Oklahoma, making it a compelling firsthand record of Midwest storm chasing.
http://faqs.org/faqs/space
The faqs.org Space Index is a comprehensive archive of Usenet FAQs dedicated to astronomy and space topics, covering everything from acronyms and data sources to how to become an astronaut and controversial space questions. Maintained across dozens of indexed documents, it serves as a structured reference hub for space enthusiasts and researchers seeking archived FAQ documents from the early internet era.
https://npl.washington.edu/AV/av_index_sub.html
John G. Cramer's subject index collects his long-running 'Alternate View' column from Analog Science Fiction & Fact Magazine, organizing hundreds of short essays on cutting-edge science into topics like quantum mechanics, cosmology, wormholes, and space drives. Running from 1984 to the present, this archive is a remarkable resource for hard SF readers and writers who want rigorous, accessible science writing from a working physicist.
https://www.qsl.net/races
The national web presence for the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), a program coordinating licensed amateur radio operators for emergency and disaster communications across the United States. Maintained by Ken Bourne (W6HK) since 1997, the site covers FCC RACES rules, news, volunteer protection information, and links to local RACES groups nationwide.
http://webmineral.com/danaclass.shtml
Webmineral presents a comprehensive classification of mineral species based on Dana's New Mineralogy, organizing over 78 mineral classes from Native Elements to Unclassified Silicates. This detailed reference resource covers the full spectrum of mineralogy including sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, and silicates, making it an invaluable tool for geologists, mineralogists, and earth science enthusiasts.
https://w1cdn.net/
W1CDN documents ham radio adventures with hands-on technical posts covering packet radio, homebrew builds, APRS digipeaters, and radio orienteering projects. The site features detailed notes on software configurations like direwolf and flrig, DIY hardware builds including a powered speaker and homebrew power meter, and practical guides for operating on various bands.
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
Hosted by UCLA, this scholarly archive documents the original scientific contributions of 83 eminent women physicists who worked before 1976, drawing on primary sources including the papers in which their discoveries were first reported. Visitors can explore an annotated photo gallery, historical essays, a searchable database, and firsthand accounts spanning fields from nuclear physics to space physics.