What are some fun and educational online diversions for scientists?

[Borg]

The https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=336135" thread gave me an idea to start a thread of favorite bookmarks. I looked around my bookmarks and found these favorites:

100. http://www.freerice.com/index.php" - Select the correct definition and 10 grains of rice are donated to the UN World Food Program.

99. http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/" - Start off small and get bigger and more evolved as you eat. Very soothing background music and addictive.

98. http://www.washingtonpost.com/styleinvitational" - a weekly contest where losers are winners.

97. http://www.mindprod.com/jgloss/unmain.html" - for anyone who has ever had to fix or update existing software, you've probably seen some of these.

96. http://www.asciimation.co.nz/" - You've seen the movie, now see it in ASCII.

 

[lisab]

95. http://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/?thenum=". Finds a sequence somewhere in pi. You'd have to be pretty bored to be amused by this site very long .

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

94. Fantastic Contraption FTW!

 

[Monocerotis]

Great thread, I was planning on making one just like this. I'll post instead :)

93. http://www.ted.com/"

92. http://academicearth.org/"

91. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm"

90. http://www.badastronomy.com/info/logo.html"

 

[Borg]

94. Fantastic Contraption FTW!

Uh oh. A few more like this and I won't get anything done.

 

[Monocerotis]

89. http://www.limexgames.com/games/cargo_bridge/"

It should be a requirement of Civil engineering programs to have their students clear this game before they are able to graduate. Be prepared to waste hours playing this one.

 

[Math Is Hard]

88. http://www.freekibblekat.com/

Fun trivia. Feed cats.

 

[turbo]

I like #97.

 

[Andre]

#87 Armadillo run

You have to build structures with the purpose of getting an armadillo to a certain point in space. ... The realistic physics simulation gives you the freedom to solve each level in many different ways.

Addictive to some

 

[Borg]

86. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/"
85. http://www.dailypuppy.com/"
84. http://www.dailykitten.com/"

 

[rootX]

83. http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/"

 

[Borg]

A new one that I found today. I like the way that it lays out the relationships of Wikipedia topics - although it is a bit odd in its organization sometimes.

82. http://wikimindmap.com/viewmap.php?wiki=en.wikipedia.org"

 

[rootX]

81. http://www.pandora.com/"
80. https://acrobat.com/"
79. http://www.dropbox.com/"

 

[texasblitzem]

78. http://spaceweather.com/"

I love this site, and visit daily

 

[fourier jr]

94. Fantastic Contraption FTW!

here are a bunch of cool ways to beat the last two levels.