Posts Tagged ‘citizen scientists’
Citizen scientists tag bug collections online
UC BERKELEY (US) — The public can help scientists by deciphering and recording the hand-written field notes that accompany a million insect specimens, many dating back more than 100 years. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Feb 26, 2013 11:51 - 0 Comments
Tourists’ photos could aid whale shark research
U. FLORIDA (US) — Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish, but the body of scientific knowledge surrounding them is surprisingly small. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 13, 2013 11:29 - 0 Comments
In warm climate, early flights for butterflies
BOSTON U. (US) — Unlike birds, butterflies in the US Northeast appear to be flying earlier in warmer years. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 24, 2012 10:14 - 0 Comments
Rare, fast meteorite took roundabout path
UC DAVIS (US) — The minivan-size meteorite that exploded over California in April was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth.
Science & Technology - Dec 10, 2012 10:53 - 2 Comments
Science needs help from citizens who ‘bird’
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Volunteer bird watchers, or “birders,” have the opportunity to influence policies affecting threatened species and habitats—if they collect solid data. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 19, 2012 7:22 - 0 Comments
Amateurs help find planet in four-star system
YALE (US) — Citizen scientists and professional astronomers have discovered the first reported case of a planet orbiting a pair of twin suns that in turn is orbited by a second distant pair of stars. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 5, 2012 16:16 - 1 Comment
Never forget a face? Take the test
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A new online experiment tests your ability to remember names and faces, and compares your score with others’. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2012 14:33 - 2 Comments
Citizens are better at picking endangered species
EMORY (US) — Citizens do a better job of selecting threatened species than the US Fish and Wildlife Service, says an Emory University biologist. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 25, 2012 11:57 - 1 Comment
Online sleuths unlock Europe’s genetic history
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A group of citizen scientists from Europe and North America are helping to identify vital clues to tell the story of Europe’s genetic heritage. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 10:10 - 1 Comment
iPhones needed in NY to track stink bug
CORNELL (US) — A new hobo pest is pigging out on a significant number of North America’s most important crops in what experts say is an unprecedented threat to U.S. agriculture. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 29, 2011 10:39 - 4 Comments
Gamers succeed where scientists fail
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 26, 2011 8:30 - 0 Comments
Online hunters detect possible exoplanets
YALE (US) — Amateur astronomers working with the online citizen science project Planet Hunters have discovered two potential exoplanets, according to new research. (more…)
