Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Nathaniel Scharping, Apr 05, 2021
An Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis can be a frightening, tragic event for patients and families. The disease usually strikes people over 60 and gradually steals memories and mental faculties. Despite decades of research, there’s still no cure. Yet scientists are steadily moving closer to understanding what’s going on in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. That … Read more “How Thousands of Volunteers Are Hunting a Treatment for Alzheimer’s”
Categories: Health
By Nathaniel Scharping, Apr 03, 2021
It’s April: Citizen Science Month! There are hundreds of online events and ways to engage, including many opportunities from libraries around the world. Looking to do some projects inside, where you live? Check out the below projects. Then, discover additional events and opportunities on CitizenScienceMonth.org. Citizen science is when people like you make hypotheses, gather … Read more “Five Kitchen Sink Science Experiments To Try At Home”
Categories: Do-It-Yourself
By SciStarter Team, Apr 02, 2021
We’ve got more than 100 events scheduled for Citizen Science Month, with something every day in April. Hear straight from researchers about the biggest problems citizen scientists are solving, get introduced to new projects and let your kids spend Saturday morning with Disney+ science stars. We’re turning curiosity into real-life impact all month long. Come see … Read more “It’s Citizen Science Month! Check Out These Rockstar Events”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Nathaniel Scharping, Mar 26, 2021
This April, researchers have over 100 events planned around everything from measuring light pollution to counting caterpillars. … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science, Citizen Science Month
By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 24, 2021
Anyone, anywhere can plan a Citizen Science Month (April 2021) program or effort! SciStarter and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) at Arizona State University, with support from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), are engaging the public to help speed up research on … Read more “Citizen Science Month Mini Grants Awarded by the Network of the National Library of Medicine to 15 Libraries”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Other
By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 22, 2021
Join the Unique Mappers for Citizen Science Month The Unique Mappers are doing a Mapathon from April 12 to April 17 for Vulnerable Flood Disaster Communities in Nigeria. In Nigeria? Join them! About the Unique Mappers in Nigeria The content of this section in the blog is adapted from a previously published post. “The concept of … Read more “Citizen Science Month Spotlight: The Unique Mappers in Nigeria”
Categories: Citizen Science Month
By Eliza Boetsch and Scott Eustis, Mar 12, 2021
Along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River Delta boasts one of the largest and most productive ecosystems on Earth. Every year, the delta provides some $12 to 47 billion in benefits to locals and beyond in the form of hurricane and flood protection, fisheries, recreation, water supply, water quality, and more. As if that weren’t … Read more “Louisiana’s Wetlands are Vanishing. Researchers Need Your Help Tracking the Loss”
Categories: Environment
By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 03, 2021
SciStarter and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) at Arizona State University, with support from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), are engaging the public to help speed up research on human and environmental health. (Tempe, Arizona) — March 3, 2021 … Read more “Host or Participate in Citizen Science Month Events in April: Accomplish Meaningful Research in the Process”
Categories: Citizen Science Month
By Nathaniel Scharping, Feb 24, 2021
More than 100 years ago, Harvard astronomer Edward Charles Pickering decided he was going to take a picture of the entire night sky. Or, rather, many thousands of pictures, each capturing a tiny rectangle of the universe as seen through a telescope. Today, these photos survive on hundreds of thousands of glass plates at the … Read more “These Women Were First to Map the Cosmos. Volunteers are Bringing Their Work to Light”
Categories: Astronomy & Space
By Margie Sheppard, Feb 18, 2021
Citizen science joins the general public with the scientific community in creating a collaborative relationship to increase scientific knowledge. All kinds of people can take part in citizen science projects by collecting and sharing data. The possibilities are endless, and the contributions are immense! So, for me, it was only natural that I should become … Read more “Citizen Science, from a Librarian’s Perspective”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Library, NNLM
