Citizen Science
I Put an Air Quality Monitor on My Bike And Went Looking For Smog
A new project in Toronto is keeping tabs on the city’s air quality.
CERN Researchers Are Making a DIY Cosmic Ray Detector in Their Spare Time
Cosmic Pi makes each user a single pixel in an open source cosmic ray telescope.
This Common Microbe Grows Better in Space than on Earth
Scientists crowdsourced microbial samples from thousands of volunteers, and sent 48 of them to space.
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Even West Coast Canada's Declining Salmon Population Has Its Own App
Community Fishers was designed to help researchers fill gaps in ocean science data collection, beginning with the declining salmon population in the Salish Sea.
If You're in Wyoming, Don't Take Pictures of Cattle Ranches
Environmentalists worry a new law could prevent 'citizen science' efforts aimed at collecting soil and water samples, or even taking photos, on public lands leased to ranchers.
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The Hunt for Brooklyn's Hidden Creeks
Citizen scientists are like Dr. Livingstones venturing into the past, seeking the source of the Gowanus canal.
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