Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Arvind Suresh, Mar 18, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr Robert H. Cichewicz. Director of the University of Oklahoma, Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies (INPART). Dr Cichewicz leads the Citizen Science Soil Collection Program which is focused on translating natural products into therapeutic leads to combat cancer, infectious diseases, and other unmet medical needs. Visit the project page … Read more “The Next Big Drug Discovery Could Come From a Scoop of Soil in Your Backyard”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Arvind Suresh, Mar 09, 2015
We think migration is one of the most astounding phenomena in the animal world. Creatures large and small travel hundreds, even thousands of miles along the same routes every year, to the amazement of us human observers. Here are five migration projects that study migratory wildlife and are in need of your observations. Cheers! The … Read more “Spring Forward and Track Migrations for Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Arvind Suresh, Feb 23, 2015
Citizen science makes serious contributions to our understanding of the world, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun doing it! Here are five projects that combine science and gameplay to create an exciting experience for everyone. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Apps, Gaming
By Arvind Suresh, Feb 11, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by David Coil a Project Scientist in the lab of Jonathan Eisen at UC Davis and a member of the Project MERCURRI team. We’ve finished analyzing all the data from the “Microbial Playoffs” part of Project MERCCURI(described here). Each microbe that was chosen to fly to the International Space … Read more “And the winners of the #spacemicrobes Microbial Playoffs are…”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Arvind Suresh, Feb 09, 2015
DNA, proteins, and chromosomes are too small to be seen with the naked eye, but there are plenty of citizen science projects that make the building blocks of life accessible to us all. Here are some great projects that need your help to advance our understanding of what we’re made of and where we come … Read more “Citizen Science for Your Genes and Proteins”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Newsletter
By Arvind Suresh, Jan 05, 2015
As we ring in the New Year, we’re celebrating the 14 Top Projects of 2014! These are the projects that received the most visits on the SciStarter website. Resolve to do more citizen science in 2015! We’ll help you with that goal. Happy New Year! Photo: Mike Hankey 1. American Meteor Society – Meteor Observing Report meteors … Read more “SciStarter’s Top Fourteen Citizen Science Projects of 2014!”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Do-It-Yourself, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Arvind Suresh, Dec 21, 2014
Photo: John Ohab 12 Days of Christmas We’re back with our annual list of 12 merry projects! Cheers to you for all you do for science! 2015 is already shaping up to be the Year of the Citizen Scientist. Hold onto your (santa) hats! Credit: DOI 1st Day of Christmas, the American Chestnut Foundation gave … Read more “12 Days of Christmas: Citizen Science Edition!”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Arvind Suresh, Dec 13, 2014
Participants deliberating about NASA’s Asteroid Initiative at the Museum of Science on November 15, 2014. Photo by David Rabkin, Museum of Science. Science Centers are turning to citizen science to engage onsite and virtual visitors to help advance research! Our editors have featured five such projects you can take part in below. A … Read more “Citizen Science, Happening Now at a Museum or Science Center Near You!”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Arvind Suresh, Dec 12, 2014
This post was authored by by Donna Kridelbaugh, (@science_mentor) a communications consultant and founder of ScienceMentor.Me. Her mission is to create an online field guide to self-mentoring in science careers. She offers writing, editing and marketing services for early-career professionals who are ready to advance their career to the next level. Learn more at https://sciencementor.me/. It originally … Read more “The giving list: supporting science with annual donations (Guest Post)”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Arvind Suresh, Dec 11, 2014
This is a guest post from David Sittenfeld, Manager, Forums at the Museum of Science, Boston. FIREFLIES, HEALTHIER CITIES, AND POLICY INPUT: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE IN BOSTON At the Museum of Science in Boston, we’ve been exploring three flavors of citizen science over the last half-decade or so. We … Read more “Citizen participation in science at the Museum of Science in Boston”
Categories: Animals, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Guest Contributor, Nature & Outdoors
