Help wanted: Public needed to uncover clues in bug collections
Like bugs? Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at natural history museums? Interested in helping scientists understand our changing environment? These are just some of the reasons why people should ...
May 22, 2013
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Observations of stellar visibility by citizen scientists accurately measure the brightness of the night sky
A team of researchers from Germany, Italy, and the USA have shown that observations of stellar visibility by citizen scientists accurately measure the brightness of the night sky. The researchers published their results Thursday ...
May 21, 2013
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Twinkle, twinkle little star: New app measures sky brightness
Researchers from the German "Loss of the Night" project have developed an app for Android smart phones, which counts the number of visible stars in the sky. The data from the app will be used by scientists ...
Apr 29, 2013
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Big sea survey highlights importance of citizen scientists
Citizen science: Volunteers analyze images in crowdsourced scallop research project
They have looked at 140,000 images, identified 42,000 scallops on the bottom of the ocean and donated countless hours of their time—and the scientists that they are assisting don't even know who they are.
Mar 29, 2013
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You can be a star—on science's stage
The rapid growth in "citizen science" projects during the past decade is enabling more and more science enthusiasts, hobbyists, students and other ordinary people to participate in the excitement of real-world scientific ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Physicists confirm first planet discovered in a quadruple star system
Justin Crepp, Freimann Assistant Professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, provided the high-contrast imaging observations that confirmed the first extrasolar planet discovered in a quadruple ...
Oct 30, 2012
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New font allows you to 'write your name in the stars'
(Phys.org)—You can now literally—yes, literally—write your name in the stars, thanks to a University of Nottingham academic.
Sep 18, 2012
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Citizen scientists needed for SF State's 'ZomBee Watch'
The San Francisco State University researchers who accidentally discovered "zombie-like" bees infected with a deadly fly parasite want people across the United States and Canada to look for similar bees in ...
Jul 24, 2012
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Researcher releases first results from nationwide bee count
On the hunt for high-altitude microorganisms
The United States Rocket Academy has announced an open call for entries in its High Altitude Astrobiology Challenge, a citizen science project that will attempt to collect samples of microbes that may be lurking ...
May 21, 2012
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Through MoonMappers, the public is offered a chance to be part of NASA Lunar Science
The MoonMappers citizen science project at CosmoQuest.org invites the public to become part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s science team. Through this project, the public is invited to explore high-resolution ...
Mar 21, 2012
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From the comfort of home, Web users may have found new planets
Since the online citizen science project Planet Hunters launched last December, 40,000 web users from around the world have been helping professional astronomers analyze the light from 150,000 stars in the ...
Sep 22, 2011
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Spiral galaxies may be dying because of bars
With the help of the army of volunteers working on the Galaxy Zoo 2 'citizen science' project an international team of scientists led by a Portsmouth astrophysicist may have discovered what is killing spiral ...
Nov 10, 2010
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