Our events aren't keeping you busy enough? Here's selection of best science/tech/art/education/development destinations in Second Life.
Science, Technology and Medicine
CDC
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CDC%20Island/191/86/22
Center's for Disease Control and Prevention - site in Second Life
American Chemical Society
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ACS/87/157/25
American Chemical Society - Improving People's Lives Through the Transforming Power of Chemistry
Nature
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Nature/140/100/27
Welcome to the home of Nature Publishing Group in Second Life. All things science welcome here
Blood Quest
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kalepa/71/39/21
Fight against evil bacteria in your own blood vesseles and remove blood clots! Here you have the possibility to send your avatar into your own body and hunt there.
Medical Examiner's Office
http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Miguel/160/32/0
Site for education on forensic medicine. Under development! All are welcome.
Genome Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/119/144/54
Welcome to Genome!. Genome island is a place to explore genetics. As Dr. Norval Kneten, Dean of Science and Humanities at Texas Wesleyan (Now President of Barton College) used to say "Science is the next best thing to recess!" The island was designed to support genetics classes for university undergraduates studying biology, but anybody interested in science is welcome to come and play.
Biome
http://slurl.com/secondlife/BIOME/153/158/54
The Biological Diversity, Ecology, Evolution Island of Scilands.
Abyss
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82
An exhibition of the planet's oceans that combines art, science, and education. The exhibit occupies more than 10,000 square meters both above and below water level. http://abyss-secondlife.blogspot.com/
Science Friday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20Friday/220/182/29
Join host Ira Flatow for NPR's weekly science news program, broadcast live on national radio and Second Life 11 AM- PM Fridays.
Science School
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20School/182/151/29
A Learning Place at SciLands featuring Science Friday and graduate degrees through the University of Denver
International Spaceflight Museum
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/47/77/24
Rockets and spacecraft from the past, present and future. Ride a rocket into space and explore the planets! SciLands member. Volunteer created & maintained, donation supported. Not a NASA activity.
Center for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ETH%20Zurich/59/127/24
Center for Theoretical Physics at ETH Zurich
Wind Tunnel
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Uni%20of%20Herts/179/171/26
The wind tunnel is completely interactive - Build an object on the orange platform and press the green button to turn on the particle stream. You will see the diffierent collisions that can occur and, in doing so, understand how air flow is measured inside a real tunnel.
NOAA
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27
The new home in SciLands for NOAA to investigate SL for use as an educational tool.
Weather Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Weather/113/5/26
Entrance area to the Weather Channel in Second Life. Come experience previews of shows and the Epic Conditions attractions!
Splo
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SploLand/185/75/25
Sploland, home to interactive museums of: Science, Human Perception and Humor. Science Exhibits and Exhibitions.
A member of the Scilands Archipelago.
Second Health
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/127/220/25
An experiment in communicating complex healthcare messages by NPL UK and Imperial College London. www.secondhealth.org.uk
Art
Virtual Starry Night
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Luctesa/140/162/25
Cross the bridge to enter the museum with 70 Van Gogh masterpieces from all around the world. Along the routes you will find several 3D rendered paintings.
Dresden Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/123/128/26
Visit one of the world?s most famous museums, the Old Masters Picture Gallery of the Dresden State Art Collections. Here you can view great masterpieces of key importance for the history of art.
Da Vinci Isle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Da%20Vinci%20Isle/185/140/53
Da Vinci Isle exhibition and events center.
Cetus Gallery District
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cetus/216/34/35
30 contemporary & modern fine art galleries and live/work loft rentals, River Walk.
Interiorism Art Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Liome/182/31/44
Art gallery
Music Academy Online
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Utwig/93/122/24
Our facilities in Second Life will include museum displays, interactive exhibits, classrooms with audio/video capabilities, a lecture and recital hall, screening rooms, open air concert space, holodecks and an in-world staff. By the beginning of this fall, we will be regularly presenting classes, concerts, recitals, lectures, and individual lessons.
Ballet Pixelle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%2010/14/179/25
Ballet Pixelle (formerly Second Life Ballet) IBM Theatre
Zurich City SL Opera House
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zurich%20City/243/33/31
Zurich City SL Opera House
Antiquity Township
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Township/123/126/23
Antiquity is an 1800's / Victorian community set of sims that combine the elegance of the period with the roughness of the past. Part of the charm for this community are the pirates of Tortuga that battle for the rule of Antiquity!
Black Swan
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Swan/19/55/21
Black Swan: follow the path
Parsec
http://slurl.com/secondlife/InterSection/201/50/432
PARSEC is a vast immersive environmental "instrument" for 7 avatars that listens to your voice and allows you to control a musical composition together.
It uses the Second Life voice system in a new and unusual way to control both music and movement of objects.
Tunnel of Light
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tunnel%20of%20Light/80/163/25
Glow your mind!
SL
Crystal Gadgets
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babeli/127/108/24
Free tools for builders, education & business. Prims library, free skybox/holodeck, free radar hud, free scanner hud, online tracker, free tracker hud, free gadgets, sandbox, freebies, groups subscriber, free textures optimizer.
Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/28
Self-Guided, Self-Paced, Comprehensive Building Tutorial
College of Scripting, Music and Science
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horsa/46/243/85
LSL Tutorial
libsecondlife
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hooper/192/42/21
yay, bots - http://www.libsecondlife.org/
The Particle Laboratory
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teal/180/72/21
Learn how to create your own PARTICLES! 'Ride' the hot air balloon up to The Particle Laboratory, to find tutorials, demos, examples, sandbox space, free particle scripts, particle textures and more.
TextureTutorials
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Livingtree/128/98/25
Comprehensive, self-paced, in world texture tutorial, with a library for advanced learning, and a lecture area.
Design Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Idea%20City/70/192/40
Intermediate building & texturing tutorials and lessons.
ak's SCULPTY RESOURCES
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Akihabara/151/204/22
More than 70 free sculpties, free particle scripts, free textures and tutorials.
Freedonia - builders' resource center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Freedonia/27/223/700
builders' resource center
Real Life
Dresden Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/123/128/26
Visit one of the world's most famous museums, the Old Masters Picture Gallery of the Dresden State Art Collections. Here you can view great masterpieces of key importance for the history of art.
Kenrokuen
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kenroku/112/68/52
SL replica of Kenrokuen - one of three most beautiful japanese gardens
Other
Go Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vineland/59/93/40
http://www.notabene-sl.com/slgc/
Chess Club
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solariam/235/189/42
Chess and Sudoku boards.