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 organizations, than when ...

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 ...

Citizen science projects are meant to involve the public in research, but researchers are starting to ask if the name itself is exclusionary. Could "citizen" discourage Indigenous people and ...

North Carolina State University researchers recently found that a program designed to get Girl Scouts involved in citizen science – programs where members of the public can participate in real ...

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 ...

A few months before my youngest child graduated high school, a couple of hawks built a nest in a big magnolia tree near our house. For several weeks, the birds swooped through the yard. Sometimes they ...

This study will examine how citizen science projects can be designed to better support science learning. It will explore the potential of citizen science to support science learning, attempt to ...

Citizen science is touted as a way for the general public to contribute to producing new knowledge. But citizen science volunteers don’t always represent a broad cross-section of society. Rather, they ...

Scientific research can feel impenetrable and exclusive to many people. These six community science projects at UC Davis are changing that. For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people ...

In recent years, numerous fields of research have seen an explosion in the volume and complexity of their scientific data. To keep pace with these changes, EU-funded research projects are increasingly ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology want your help studying galaxies far, far away. It may seem like something out of Star Wars, but the goal is to gather scientific information to learn ...