Website of the Day.

OpenSecrets.org

http://fora.tv/

Whoever said television makes you stupid never saw Fora TV. Every day the site's programmers upload clips of scientists, authors, intellectuals, captains of industry and world leaders standing up and laying out what they think they know. The feeds are piped in from Davos, the Entertainment Gathering, the World Economic Forum — all élite conferences where smart people gather to tell one another what they're thinking, planning and doing. Fora TV is the place to turn to after you've seen your nth viral video and realize your brain itself is in danger of becoming infected.

http://edge.org/

Edge Foundation, Inc., was established in 1988 as an outgrowth of a group known as The Reality Club. Its informal membership includes of some of the most interesting minds in the world.
The mandate of Edge Foundation is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
-really cool test of your unconscious biases!

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn ... fault.aspx
you have to register, but they keep the info confidential. take the 240 question authentic happiness inventory questionnaire to measure your overall happiness, or do a smaller one like the Brief Strengths Test (my top strength was curiosity), The Grit Survey (measures the character strength of perseverance - I scored a 4 out of 5), or Satisfaction In Life test among many others.

http://www.wri.org/projects
http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer
http://www.scienceclarified.com/
http://askabiologist.org.uk/
http://science.discovery.com/

This day in History.

Timeanddate.com

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Science Chic- Nice sites.

http://www.wwwomen.com/feature/bestwww.shtml

National Hurricane Center

Arts and Letters Daily

Television without pity

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