PhysOrg.com

PhysOrg.com

PhysOrg.com is a web-based news site specializing in the hard science subjects of Physics, Space and Earth Science, Electronics, Nanotechnology and Technology in general.

Its news feed is continually updated, and a voting system tracks the most popular stories. The site also has a forum for reader discussion [ [http://www.physforum.com PhysOrgForum] ] .

It has been online since March 25, 2004.

At 2008 Quancast listed it as a top 5000 site with 510,000 U.S. people visiting per month and this being 57% of all visitors. It said the site is popular among a more educated, older, somewhat male audience. [ [http://www.quantcast.com/physorg.com Quancast review of Phyorg website] at May 2008. Accessed July 2008.]

Physorg is registered as the property of Omicron Technology Limited of Douglas, Isle Of Man part of Great Britain. [ [http://whois.domaintools.com/physorg.com Whois Record for Physorg.com] Accessed July 2008]

Phyorg forums

Like many popular forums, the forum moderators do not monitor the scientific accuracy of poster's claims [ [http://www.physorg.com/terms.php PhysOrg Forums usage terms and conditions] ] . This has led to some discussions of topics generally considered to be pseudoscientific [ [http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=771&page=2 Confronting AIDS: Update 1988 ] ] , such as AIDS denialism [ [http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=21382 PhysOrgForum Science, Physics and Technology Discussion Forums -> The Truth About The Aids Virus ] ] , Intelligent design [ [http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=20315 PhysOrgForum Science, Physics and Technology Discussion Forums -> Evolution? ] ] , and others, including a long debate on the mathematical definition of 0.999... [ [http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13177&hl= PhysOrgForum Science, Physics and Technology Discussion Forums -> Point Nine Recurring Equals One (or not) ] ] .

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External links

* [http://www.physorg.com/ PhysOrg.com]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.physorg.com/ PhysOrg.com at the internet archive] Archived snapshots since April 2004
* [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=physorg.com Alexa entry]


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