The best physics websites

The 2010 Physics.org Web awards honor the best sites dedicated to physics education and news. And I was honored to be one of the judges.

Now, the results are in. For every category, average science fans nominated their favorite sites, and judges voted from the top five nominees. If you already love physics, you'll be debating the winners in the comment section. If you're learning to love physics, these are the sites to bookmark. And if you're terrified of the "P" word, hopefully something here can convince you that it really isn't so bad.

Best blog: Starts with a bang
People's Choice winner: also Starts with a bang

Best Q&A site: The Last Word
People's choice winner: Physics Forums

President's prize: Zooniverse
People's Choice winner: also Zooniverse

Best online magazine: PopSci
People's Choice winner: Cosmos

Best podcast: Science weekly
People's Choice winner: also Science Weekly

Best kids' site: NASA Kids' Club
People's Choice winner: CERNland

Best revision site: S-cool
People's Choice winner: Cyberphysics

Congrats to all the finalists! I voted in the Online Magazine category and it was great to see so many sites offering such great physics coverage.

Image: A mural at CERN by artist Josef Kristofoletti depicting the ATLAS particle detector, a part of the Large Hadron Collider. According to CERN, the mural is three stories tall, but is still only 1/3 the size of the actual ATLAS detector.

Maggie Koerth-Baker is the science editor at BoingBoing.net. She writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine and is the author of Before the Lights Go Out, a book about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy. You can find Maggie on Twitter and Facebook.

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Ito Kagehisa

I rather like Bill Beatty’s site, myself.

http://amasci.com/
loz

I would have put sixtysymbols.com high on the list. Fairly complex topics presented by charismatic teachers in interesting ways.
Anonymous

I have seen http://www.physicsatweb.com , another newly launched but growing physics website for the students of IGCSE / A Level, It is a good online resource of physics. You can get online physics dictionary, revision notes, model answers etc.
jibbles

I didn’t know that Bob Fossil ran a physics website!
txhoudini

Disappointed The Skeptics Guide didn’t win in podcast though I understand why (it’s not 100% Physics or even Science all the time). Still one of the great unknowns on the Internet.