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| Try C4's spectacular collection of over 400 "live" molecular models, including almost all commonly studied compounds (be sure to try the setting Ball&Stick, Dots, and Spin on an interesting molecule such as those found under the "drugs" category) [Note: the site may fail under some versions of Internet Explorer].
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Join one of the distributed computing projects and make use of your otherwise unused
CPU cycles in support of a noble effort to solve a computing problem too vast for a single
machine! The software technology utilized has no discernible impact on machine performance in normal
machine usage (and can be easily disabled in the rare event it does appear to interfere with some application).
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Many of the distributed computing projects are listed under the GIMPS project (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search)
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http://www.mersenne.org,
which was one of the first sites devoted to the development and use of this kind of technology. |
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An interesting example of a distributed computing project in progress is SETI@home, which is a scientific experiment that is using Internet-connected computers to search through two years worth of data from the Arecibo radio telescope, looking for evidence of another civilization that might be transmitting a radio signal. This particular project has it's operating program imbedded in a nifty-looking screen saver.
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http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/) |
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Think you have good physical intuition? Take a look at Donald E. Simanek's
Museum of Unworkable Devices,
which presents a large collection of "eccentric and even intricate perpetual motion
machines which have remained steadfastly unmoving since their inception ... Exercise
your mind to puzzle out why they don't work as the inventors intended."
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Ever wondered about snowflakes? Take a look at Kenneth G. Libbrecht's
Snow Crystals work (Cal Tech)
which "is all about snow crystals and snowflakes -- what they are,
where they come from, and just how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures are created,
quite literally, out of thin air."
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