In perhaps what seems like an oxymoron, the term "citizen science" has become a trend. Those picturing scientists in lab coats and goggles might be surprised to learn that a lot of scientific data is ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The public can now help even more in the ongoing climate change battle after the Biden-Harris Administration and NOAA unveiled hundreds of thousands of dollars available in ...

The total solar eclipse, which will occur on April 8, 2024, across North America, won’t just be a life-changing experience. (This is our official reminder that if you have the opportunity to be in the ...

For more than three decades, DHS provided vital demographic and health data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition in over ...

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 ...

Bradley Allf receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Caren Cooper receives funding from the National Science Foundation. She is affiliated with SciStarter, as unpaid director of ...

The objective of this research project is to develop new digital tools to collect and process citizen science observations of water resources. Building on the existing Crowdhydrology project, the ...

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 ...