October 15, 2006
Websites for general knowledge
Chronicle Editor @ Oct 15, 2006
There are several websites exist for accessing knowledge and information. Many readers are familiar with some of the websites listed. There are other good websites exist, which are not listed here.- www.livescience.com
This popular science website discusses everything from space to animals to technology. It has a wealth of knowledge for thousands of subjects.
- http://www.howstuffworks.com
This site explains the machines and phenomena in a amazing simple way. It explains the science and engineering principles about items in day to day use.
Fuel Efficiency
How Diesel Engines Work
Ever wonder what the difference is between a gasoline engine and a diesel engine? Diesels are more efficient and cheaper to run than gasoline engines. Instead of using carburetion or port fuel injection, diesel engines use direct fuel injection.
Find out what else makes diesel engines different!
- www.news.google.com
This website is ideal for collecting news on specific topics. For example, Chronicle gathers published news about BHU by searching for these key words. You can search the news by date or by relevance. News is current for the past few weeks. Afterwards, one has to search news by www.google.com. For older and hard to find news, search using Google Catch, if possible.
One can also set up a Google alert, for say ‘IIT’ word. This will enable him to receive the news within few hours of publication.
Books can be browsed and part of pages can be viewed on www.books.google.com. However pages of copyright books can not be copied or printed. For some books, at the publisher’s request, viewing is restricted to only few pages at a time.
- www.answers.com
This website is much more than an answer. For example, if you need information about “boiling point of 20% hydrochloric acid”, it will fetch you answers from a variety of sources, including Google.