Good forums for academic subjects

Graduate School
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<p>So I'm trying to find good forums for any of the hard sciences or social sciences [that study them from a naturalistic standpoint]. The only problem is - that it's difficult to find many.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.physicsforums.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.physicsforums.com&lt;/a> often appears as the top Google for inquiries after science forums. But what of biology, chemistry, philosophy, psychology [from a reductionistic viewpoint], or neuroscience?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.artofproblemsolving.com&lt;/a> is also nice, but it caters more toward HS students [it may change though, as students don't break their links to the site]. </p>

<p>I'm just trying to find different forums, to see which one might suit me best [and I want to discuss social science research with forum members].</p>

<p>The other question is - are there forums that aren't filled with requests for homework help? I know that Physicsforums.com seems to have a major problem with that [I don't have a problem with people seeking homework help on forums - I do it all the time - but it may be best to have one set of forums for help; another for discussions]. But active social science forums may differ. I read social science research for fun and would like to have people to discuss it with. </p>

<p><a href="http://brainmeta.com/forum/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://brainmeta.com/forum/&lt;/a> and <a href="http://imminst.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://imminst.org&lt;/a> look interesting...</p>

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<p>Anybody ???</p>

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<p><a href="http://forums.studentdoctor.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://forums.studentdoctor.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>for health pre-professionals</p>

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<p>Its been my experience in the humanities (particularly Classics and related fields) that professional level discussions take place through moderated mailing lists. While not entirely trouble free, the moderated format does tend to reduce the amount of nonsense that would otherwise appear. I suspect the sciences face the same issues.</p>

<p>If you can't find what you're looking for, check in with a few professors to find out which lists they subscribe to (if any).</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.philosophyforums.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.philosophyforums.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Its an excellent site.</p>

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<p>BME, CS, engineering forums?</p>

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<p>CS forums would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>hm I just found <a href="http://www.techspot.com/vb/index.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.techspot.com/vb/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>check out the blogosphere:
<a href="http://www.academicblogs.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.academicblogs.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I've only explored deeply into blogs by economists, but there always pretty stimulating discussion in the comments sections.</p>

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<p>If you want to discuss chemistry, look for ideas on the American Chemical Society web site <a href="http://www.chemistry.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.chemistry.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>haha I know about the academic blogs (gene expression is one of my favorites). I like being able to start up new topics though (especially since blogs don't have as many comments as forums do)</p>

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<p>For economics and econ ph.d admissions this is the best forum I've ever seen.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.urch.com/forums/phd-economics/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p><a href="http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/neuroscience-blogs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/neuroscience-blogs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://pharyngula.org/blogroll.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pharyngula.org/blogroll.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>some academic blogs there</p>

<p>also check out</p>

<p><a href="http://cosmicvariance.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cosmicvariance.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>