For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...

Monday’s eclipse is bringing together a diverse group of citizen scientists, working to collectively enhance our knowledge of the Sun and Earth’s atmosphere. Reading time 4 minutes Several ...

Aug. 6 (UPI) --The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, along with the U.S. Department of Commerce, are calling on citizens to submit science projects to prepare fisheries and fishing ...

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Taking a leisurely stroll along the iconic wooden pier in San Clemente? You might as well stop, snap a photo and become an instant citizen scientist. A new CoastSnap project has launched to document ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Recruiting participants for a citizen science project produced a more diverse group when people were signed up through partner organizations, such as schools and faith-based ...

For more than three decades, DHS provided vital demographic and health data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition in over ...

This project invites students to use their academic research and writing skills to impact current communities and political conversations about local and global sustainability in the wake of ...

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You can be a scientist! Or at least you can play a crucial part in up-and-coming scientific research. Because citizen science is becoming increasingly accepted by researchers as a way to gather data.