Vast online archives of photos, videos and sound recordings collected by the public are reshaping how scientists study the ...

A new Space Warps project lets the public hunt for gravitational lenses in data from the Euclid Space Telescope.

A free May 12 program in Barnegat will show residents how to join scientific research through SciStarter.

Defining Citizen Science in Context | Panelists opened by offering working definitions of citizen science—not just as data collection by non-scientists, but as a broader model for collaboration, where ...

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with ...

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. April has always felt like a favorite time of year for people who like science, civic life and the idea that ordinary citizens can still ...

It’s good to have resolutions. Whether they are declarations of hope and change, or commitments to service or self-improvement, resolutions remind us that we have the ability to change ourselves and ...

The word "nemotia" is a neologism, a newly coined term that in this case, describes the sense of overwhelmingness and disconnect accompanying the thought that nothing you do will ever make a ...

Some recent experiences have triggered childhood memories of outings in our family car with dad and mom cruising on highways and mostly unpaved country roads of past years. The events may appear ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It may seem like only yesterday that school ...