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You’re invited to a live seminar in Second Life:
When: Friday, 2 May at 8:00 AM PDT (SL Time)
Where: In the Galaxy Dome floating above the sim named ‘Spaceport Bravo’. SLURL
The Cat’s Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula
Abstract: Stars live for millions or billions of years, but they don’t live forever. When a star reaches […]
The Naked Scientists is a weekly one-hour audience-interactive science radio talk show, broadcast live by the BBC. Listen to and discuss the show with fellow science enthusiasts at The Naked Scientists’ mansion in Second Life. All are welcome!
Date: Sundays
Time: 18.00 UK Time (usually 10:00 AM Pacific Time)
Location: The island in the middle of the sim […]
If you have never been in a virtual world, here is your chance to visit one of the most popular, Second Life, and see how people are using this online environment to address real world environmental issues ranging from tackling climate change to fostering more sustainable consumption patterns. The Second Life Eco-Tour was developed by […]
Physics World just came out with an article about how SL is being used for physics, and more generally, science. The writer, João Medeiros, did extensive research for the article and it shows.
The cover story in this week’s (Jan 29, 2009) edition of the Metaverse Messenger is all about the SciLands. The story will be continued in next week’s edition. The Metaverse Messenger is one of SL’s oldest and most respected weekly newspapers.
Click here for links to archival copies of the paper.
REVOLUTIONIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Tech Museum of Innovation Calls Upon Curators and Artists to Embrace New Open Source
Creative Process to Develop Virtual Exhibits within Second Life
The Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), one of the nation’s premier science and technology museums, today announced the convergence of technology and art in the virtual world […]
We invite you to try out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) second island in Second Life called Okeanos. There you can hop aboard a survey vessel and map the ocean floor, assist in the clean up efforts of an oil spill, observe the effects of harmful algal blooms known as red tides, and […]
On Tuesday, December 11, December 18 (rescheduled), Dr. Kamal Hossain will give a talk titled “Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Threats” at the SciLands sim named ‘Nanotechnology’. Visit the NanoLands website for full details.
Welcome to the new home of the SciLands Blog. The old SciLands blog was at http://scilands.wordpress.com/ but now we’ve moved to an installed version of WordPress. Don’t miss the links to the blogs of our member organizations over on the right sidebar. Please let us know what you think of the new […]
zazen Manbi has posted an audiovisual recording of the SciLands panel, which occurred at 4:30 PM Chicago time on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Check it out.
