The Century Of The Self
"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis National Georgraphic's

The Genographic Project
A Landmark Study of the Human Journey

Where do you really come from? And how did you get to where you live today? DNA studies suggest that all humans today descend from a group of African ancestors who—about 60,000 years ago—began a remarkable journey.

TED Talks

One of the best sites for video lectures on everything from art and design to discussions by leading experts on topics such as climate, life, science, technology, human behavior, and much more... TED Talks. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.

Resource Sites

General Science

Physics Central
Science Daily
Terra Daily
Live Science
HistoryofScience.com

Computers, Internet, Worldwide Web, Robots

Long Now Foundation
Future Foundation


Populaton, Consumption, and Waste

U.S. Government Census, Population Clock
World Population
Human Footprint
My Footprint
Population and Food
Population Crash: Die Off
NOVA: World in the Balance
Creating the Consumer
The Worst Places in the World, Sprol
WroldWatch Institute


World Clock: statistics on population, consumption, energy, disease, etc.


Global Warming and Climate Change

IPPC (intergovernmental panel on climate)
Real Climate
The Why Files
Urban Heat Islands
Global Warming, Photos
Source Watch, Climate Change
Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment


Energy

Peak Oil Net
Energy Bulletin
Dept. of Energy
The Oil Drum (blog)
U.C. Berkeley Grog (transcript of David Goodstein radio interviews)
Brief History of the Oil Industry


Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Effects Calculator
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists


Medical Technologies

19th century quack medicine
Islamic Medicine
Medieval Medicine, Europe
More Medieval Medicine
Impact of Infectious Diseases
Smallpox, Variolation
Medicine, Magic, and Monks


Books, Movable Type, Printing, and Learning

Medieval Manuscripts
Illuminated Manuscripts
Movable Type
History of Printing
Paper Project
British Library, Turn the Page
Self Taught, African American Education in Slavery
American Library Assn. Banned List


Photography, Motion Pictures, Radio, Television

U.C Riversides, California Museum of Photography (CMP)
History of Television, first 75 years


Prehistoric Technologies

Prehistoric Tools


Evolution

Understanding Evolution, UCB
Evolution - Change: Deep Time, PBS
Evolution of Crop Plants
Evolution/creation controversy


Medieval Technologies

Medieval Technologies
More Medieval Technologies
Gunpowder Weapons
Non-gunpowder Weapons


Early Technologies

Magnitism
Navigation
More Navigation
Early Navigation Devices
Neptune's Realm
Archimedes Project MIT
History of Weights and Measures


Early Smelting and Use of Metals

History of the Iron Ore Trade



Genetics and Nanotechnology

Genetics Explained, University of Utah


Agriculture

Early Turkish site
Mesopotamia, Early Agriculture
Was Papua New Guinea an Early Agriculture Pioneer
First Farmers of Asia



Ships, Planes, Trains, Automobiles

Automotive History
The Evolution of the Screw Propeller



Forensics:

History of medicine
Historical illutsrations of anatomy
Gray's Anatomy
Famous Trials in History
Zeno's Forensic Site


Archaeology:

Friends of the Past
IPPA
Northumberland Rock Art
Archaeology in the news



Anthropology:

Human Relations Area Files