Happy New Year!
Looking for opportunities to make the world a better place this year? Start with these popular projects, which had the most traffic on SciStarter in 2016.
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The SciStarter Team
There are trillions of microbes living naturally on and in our bodies. If you’re in the US, you can help study the impact they have on our health by submitting a sample from your skin, mouth, or gut.
When you’re looking up at the night sky and see a meteor, report it to the American Meteor Society. Observations can be submitted with a smartphone app or from your computer.
If you have an autoimmune disease, you can track your condition with a mobile phone app. The information from all users will be combined to explore what treatments are most effective.
If you’re a cat owner, this is the project for you! Take a 25 minute survey on your cat’s behaviors to gain insight into its personality.
Do you own a dog or work with them? If so, you can use this project to analyze a dog’s behavior and personality.
Communities in the UK can get resources that empower them to monitor their air quality with this program. If you’re worried about the air that you’re breathing, check it out!
There’s much we still don’t know about ocean ecosystems. You can contribute to our knowledge base by identifying animals in short video clips online.
RNA translates DNA into genetic information. In this project, you play a game to design synthetic RNAs, which can have a tremendous impact on medical science.
Many native ladybug species in North America are in decline. Help study and protect these tiny critters by reporting any sightings, along with a photo, to this project.
Cancer is often linked to genetics, and this project analyzed genetic data by asking volunteers to play a space flight game embedded with the data! It’s now closed, but the Genes in Space participants have made important contributions to medical science.
Discover more citizen science on the SciStarter calendar. Did you know your SciStarter dashboard helps you track your contributions to projects? Complete your profile to access free tools. Want even more citizen science? Check out SciStarter’s Project Finder! With 1100+ citizen science projects spanning every field of research, task and age group, there’s something for everyone!
