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Citizen Science Funding
Funding agencies are slowly catching up with the citizen science movement. In today’s post, I round up some sources for citizen science grants and other funding sites to help you or your organization...
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How to Become an Archeologist
“20091105 Belfort (0013)” by Donar Reiskoffer – via Wikimedia Commons Even before the Indiana Jones movies came out, archeology had broad popular appeal. The tools of the trade seemed simple, and the...
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Hang Out With Penguins (Hot Chocolate Optional)
What you lookin’ at? Photo credit: Ben Tubby via Wikimedia Commons Project: Penguin Watch It’s cold in Antarctica. I mean really cold. The mean temperatures of the coldest months are −20 to −30 °C on...
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Guest Lecture: University of Miami
Late last month, I had the pleasure of speaking to the fine students at the Exploration Science Program Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. In a wide-ranging...
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Reverse The Odds… On Cancer
Screenshots courtesy of Cancer Research UK Lots of us play computer games; indeed, according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), 67% of US households play video games, and the average...
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Featured TED: What New Power Looks Like
Here’s an interesting talk about what peer-to-peer and crowdsourced movements (like citizen science) are doing to change how power is distributed and used. The post Featured TED: What New Power Looks...
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It’s a fair question: why do I do citizen science?
A guest post by Sharman Apt Russell Citizen science enlarges my world. When I am in the mood, I classify galaxies at the online site Galaxy Zoo, looking at images from the Hubbell Space Telescope or...
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Featured video: SETI Talks About Citizen Science
Moderated by Dane Glasgow, this five-member panel discusses SETI and citizen science. The post Featured video: SETI Talks About Citizen Science appeared first on Citizen Science Projects.
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The Mysterious Rakali
A bitty rakali. (Photo credit JJ Harrison via Wikimedia Commons) Here’s your excuse to go and visit Australia: The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) needs your help to learn more about a shy and little...
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Are you up for a challenge?
Many of the citizen science projects covered on this site are designed to allow anyone to participate. This week, I have one that is designed to pique the interest of those of you in IT: the computer...
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