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Wikipedia Science Portal

I love Wikipedia. It is an free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I love the format and the style of the site, and the fact that it can be edited by anyone. Another good thing about having an encyclopedia online is that you can copy and paste text easily. Another good thing is it is so easy to link to other articles. In the olden days, if you got to a part of the article that said "see 'Photon'", you had to go find the book and page that had that entry, but online you can just click right to it.

A few days ago I was reading in one of my old astronomy text books about neutrinos, and that made me want to read more sciency stuff.

You can find some cool articles about all kinds of science stuff at the Wikipedia Science Portal.

Astronomy Portal

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