The World of Science has science news briefs, in-depth articles, and biographies of famous scientists. There is a good collection of links to magazines and journals in chemistry, biology, physics, and other sciences. Users can participate in discussions on science topics. Teachers may be interested in the online testing program. The site also has recommended books and a science gift store.

01/01/2000:  We faced no problems with the host computers.  Netscape is not Y2K bug free.  Once the year turned to 2000, netscape's date became 01/01/100!!! I.E. 4.0 and higher was not affected by Y2K. Version 3.1 of The World of Science was introduced to deal with some of the Y2K bugs of netscape.

12/25/99: A new and "high tech" discussion board was installed.

12/19/99: The World of Science was moved to yet a faster webhost.

09/07/99: The World of Science was recognized as New Scientist site of the day for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999.  Here is the review given by New Scientist:

The World of Science -- If you have something to say about a science subject the site's creators are on the look out for contributions, there's a discussion area, a bookstore, an online testing centre for teachers. Also, included is HotTob an online science journal offering alternative views on the likes of quantum theory and relativity and you can learn all you need to know about Excimer Laser Angioplasty. Science is not just a subject, it is a universe and imagineering is the art or science of using imagination to intuitively make practical applications from knowledge, so now you know. 

08/11/99: The Daily Science News was added to theworldofscience.com.  This new feature will be updated daily and contain cutting edge science headlines.

06/25/99:  Testing Center and E-cards became new features of theworldofscience.com

06/20/99: HotTob science journal became a new feature at The World of Science.

06/15/99:  theworldofscience.com went public and became available to all the science lovers.

06/5/99:  theworldofscience.com domain name was bought by Ali Javey.

07/01/98:  The World of Science web site was placed at UVa.'s server.  The site received a new design.  The new designed used frames.  Background was black and text color was white.

04/07/97:  The World of Science web site was first created by Ali Javey.  The design had a black background and text colors of red and green.  The site at that time did not have a domain name and was hosted in GeoCities.