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What Motivates People to Join—and Stick with—Citizen Science Projects?

July 25, 2019

A recent UW-led paper explores the interests and identities of participants who join and remain active in citizen scienc...

Tourist Photographs Are a Cheap and Effective Way to Survey Wildlife

July 23, 2019

This method of surveying animal populations is most applicable when studying the charismatic megafauna that tourists are usua...

Scientists: 'Time Is Ripe' to Use Big Data for Planet-Sized Plant Questions

January 2, 2019

A group of scientists has issued a "call to action" to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about plant diversity...

Science in the Palm of Your Hand: How Citizen Science Transforms Passive Learners

May 23, 2018

A ladybug project produces a citizen scientist

Virginia Tech Awarded $1.9 Million EPA Grant to Research Lead Exposure in Drinking Water

April 27, 2018

By working directly with consumers and citizen scientists, the project is designed to increase public awareness of lead in wa...

Scientist Crowdsources Rocks Harboring Earthly “Extraterrestrials”

November 13, 2017

Biologist expands pursuit of desert-dwelling microbes

Researchers Turn To "Citizen Scientists" for Help Identifying Gravitational Waves

January 12, 2017

For almost a decade, Dr. Tyson Littenberg has been searching for the gravitational wave signals of black holes on behalf of t...

Technology Allows Smartphone-Based Water Testing

November 9, 2016

NSF-funded project will allow people to test water, share results

Rare Ice Data Collected by Early 'Citizen Scientists' Confirms Warming since Industrial Revolution

April 29, 2016

Data reveals increasing trends toward later ice cover formation and earlier spring breakup

Citizen Participation Helps Overcome Dengue in Brazil

April 14, 2016

Research has shown that the expansion of citizen involvement in important decisions regarding community services and pol...

Study: Hand Sanitizer, Antifreeze Can Preserve DNA for Citizen Scientists

January 21, 2016

Finding opens the door for much broader participation in citizen science

Public Contributions to Science Increasingly Common

January 18, 2016

"We see that in particular researchers in the natural sciences have collected and classified data with the help of interested...

Citizen Science Participation Increases Trust in Science, Study Shows

January 5, 2016

“Participating in science does more than teach people about science,” study co-author says.

Citizen Science Project Abuzz Over Bees, Wasps

December 19, 2014

Citizen scientists around the world are busy as bees for a University of Florida study.

Volunteers Can Now Help Scientists Seek Ebola Cure in Their (Computer's) Spare Time

December 6, 2014

IBM's SoftLayer cloud-enabled World Community Grid to provide free virtual supercomputer power to The Scripps Research Instit...

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