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Anatomy Atelier
Explore the human body in 3D, organ by organ, with hotspots and short lessons on what each part does.
anatomyatelier.org
Dinosaur Pictures
Hundreds of dinosaurs, each with a gallery of reconstructions, size comparisons and where and when it lived.
dinosaurpictures.org
Eye Atlas
An interactive 3D model of the human eye. Orbit it, peel it apart layer by layer, slice it in half and see wha
eye-anatomy-delta.vercel.app
Javalab
Hundreds of small, clear simulations of physics, chemistry and earth science, from pendulums to tides.
javalab.org
LeoLabs Visualization
Every tracked satellite and piece of debris in low earth orbit, swarming around a 3D globe in real time.
platform.leolabs.space
Nikon Small World
Fifty years of winning photos and videos taken through a light microscope: crystals, cells, insect eyes and th
nikonsmallworld.com
Stella Nova
A space colony game whose lab doubles as a playground of live physics simulations, from orbits to black holes
davesgames.io
Zperiod
An interactive periodic table with 3D atom models, electron shells and properties for all 118 elements.
zperiod.app
100,000 Stars
Zoom out from the Sun through a 3D map of our stellar neighbourhood, with over a hundred thousand real stars t
stars.chromeexperiments.com
Atom Animation
Spin 3D models of atoms and molecules and watch electrons, orbitals and bonds animate as you explore the perio
atomanimation.com
NukeSimulation
Drop a nuclear weapon on any city in 3D and see the fireball, blast rings, heat and fallout plume. Sobering an
nukesimulation.com
What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?
Pick a day and month and NASA shows you the Hubble image taken on that date, with a short note on what you're
imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Observatory of Economic Complexity
Treemaps of what every country makes and trades with everyone else. Click Chile and see copper. Click Japan an
oec.world
Servier Medical Art
Thousands of clean medical and biology illustrations, from cells to organs to lab gear, free to use in slides
smart.servier.com
Ptable
The interactive periodic table everyone ends up linking to. Drag the temperature slider to watch the elements
ptable.com
xeno-canto
A community archive of wildlife sound: hundreds of thousands of bird, bat and insect recordings from around th
xeno-canto.org
Heavens-Above
Give it your location and it gives back the exact time, direction and brightness of the next ISS pass, plus ch
heavens-above.com
iNaturalist
Photograph anything alive and a mix of naturalists and machine vision will tell you what it is. Verified sight
inaturalist.org
Our World in Data
Long-run data on health, energy, food and poverty, charted and sourced, with the underlying numbers downloadab
ourworldindata.org
PhET Interactive Simulations
Hundreds of physics, chemistry and biology simulations you can poke at — drag a mass onto a spring, mix a solu
phet.colorado.edu
Zooniverse
Real research projects that need human eyes: classify galaxies, transcribe ship logs, count penguins. Ten minu
zooniverse.org
NASA Eyes
Fly through a real-time 3D model of the solar system, tracking actual spacecraft on actual trajectories.
eyes.nasa.gov
Wikipedia
The improbable success story of the internet. Start anywhere; you will be somewhere else in an hour.
wikipedia.org
Observable
Reactive notebooks for data analysis and visualisation, with a huge public gallery to learn from.
observablehq.com
GeoGebra
Free dynamic mathematics software for geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus, all in-browser.
geogebra.org
Scale of the Universe
Zoom continuously from the Planck length to the observable universe. Still stunning years later.
scaleofuniverse.com
Solar System Scope
An interactive, texture-accurate model of the planets that works beautifully as a teaching tool.
solarsystemscope.com