Citizen science is evolving into a powerful bridge between people and the natural world, enabling anyone to aid conservation while deepening their own environmental awareness. From photographing ...

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 ...

In a lab thousands of miles away from RIT at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, Professor Stanley Rotman is using hyperspectral data to find very small objects in images. In Denver, citizen Baba Karthik ...

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 ...

Educators and researchers are increasingly integrating citizen science into K-12 classrooms, blending hands-on research with curriculum to boost STEM engagement and critical thinking. Projects range ...

On the edge of a bustling Singapore suburb, Lay Hoon steps into the shade of a forest reserve she’s visited monthly for eight ...

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 ...

Record-breaking total of 15,000+ citizen science observations from the SETI Institute & Unistellar Network — up substantially from ~10,000 in 2024. Observers are already tracking fading 3I/ATLAS, new ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (#10002925), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (#10003301), and Simons ...

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 ...