Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Eva Lewandowski, Aug 11, 2016
Photo: NPS Celebrate the National Parks with Citizen Science On August 25, the United States National Park Service turns 100! The park system provides many excellent citizen science opportunities to visitors. Below, you’ll find five great national park projects. Find even more projects with the SciStarter Global Project Finder. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Eva Lewandowski, Aug 02, 2016
Photo:USFWS Collectively, your small acts lead to big results. Natural disasters, like earthquakes, tornados, and landslides, are frightening and deadly. There are small, but important, steps citizen scientists can take to help predict and respond to these occurrences.Our editors have selected five exemplary projects, below. Be sure to read the safety warnings when applicable. Find … Read more “Citizen Science takes a bite out of Natural Disasters”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Jenny Cutraro, Jul 22, 2016
by Jennifer Cutraro By now, you’ve surely seen, heard about, or even joined the hordes of people wandering about outdoors, phones held right in front of their faces. In the two weeks since Pokémon Go’s release, there’s been much ado about the game: how it gets people outdoors, how it promotes physical activity, how it’s … Read more “Poké Around With Citizen Science”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Gaming, Nature & Outdoors, Other
By Guest Contributor, Jun 01, 2016
Autoimmune Citizen Science is an app to help people with autoimmune diseases track their symptoms, lab tests, and treatments in order to see what’s working and what isn’t. Individual data is aggregated in order to see what’s working for the community as a whole. Check out the project on SciStarter and sign up for the … Read more “Autoimmune Diseases Affect Millions of Americans: Here’s How Citizen Science Can Help”
Categories: Apps, Biology, Citizen Science, Computers & Technology, Guest Contributor, Project Profile
By Guest Contributor, May 04, 2016
Help researchers monitor and understand light pollution with a simple smartphone app … Read more
Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Guest Contributor, Project Profile
By Carolyn Graybeal, Feb 11, 2016
Individuals diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer face a difficult treatment decision – intensive radiotherapy or complete surgical removal of their bladder. Each option has benefits and draw backs, and there are limited data available to patients and physicians to help predict which treatment might provide the best outcome. Dr. Anne Kiltie, Associate Professor of Radiation … Read more “The gamification of data analysis in cancer increases citizen contribution and reduces research time”
Categories: Apps, Biology, Citizen Science, Gaming, Project Profile
By Guest Contributor, Nov 23, 2015
Explore dynamic data with OpenSignal, the app that directs you toward the best cell phone signal while creating a comprehensive map of international signal strength across carriers! … Read more
Categories: Apps, Computers & Technology, Project Profile
By Arvind Suresh, Sep 23, 2015
The abundance of mobile technology puts citizen science at the tip of your fingers. Our editors have chosen 5 apps to get you started. Find many more apps and a thousand more projects in theSciStarter Project Finder. New! Now you can add citizen science events like meet ups, celebrations, citsci cafes, and more, … Read more “There’s a (citizen science) app for that!”
Categories: Apps, Newsletter
By Carolyn Graybeal, Aug 08, 2015
Calling volunteers! Cancer Research UK has a new project called The Trailblazer Project. The goal is to develop an app that improves how users analyze cancer pathology data. Volunteers to help test the prototype. The Cancer Research UK’s Citizen Science team is committed to finding innovative ways to accelerate research by crowdsourcing. Already, the team … Read more “Volunteers needed to test drive Cancer Research UK’s new analysis mechanic.”
Categories: Apps, Biology, Citizen Science, Computers & Technology
By Darlene Cavalier, Mar 20, 2015
As part of SciStarter’s regular radio series with WHYY’s The Pulse, we highlight new developments in citizen science and a few projects ripe for spring! As the weather starts warming up and we all begin shedding our thick, winter coats, a crop of new citizen science projects are enticing us to get outdoors in the name … Read more ““What’s in store for citizen scientists this spring,” WHYY’s The Pulse”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Biology, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Events