Community scientists have discovered an unusual brown dwarf star
Paul Beaulieu and Austin Rothermich were participating in the Backyard Worlds project. You can, too!
Heavy metals from open-pit mining can spread up to 30 kilometers
Residents of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, teamed up with scientists to monitor pollution in their city
How a Scientific Reserve Corps could help us in a pandemic
Training scientists and students before a pandemic hits would keep us prepared for the worst
Science games and challenges to pass the time while you are stuck at home
Here are some ways to kill boredom – and contribute to scientific research – while you're doing your part to flatten the curve
To adapt to city life, snails in urban centres are more likely to be yellow than pink
Science-loving citizens helped researchers look at how urban environments affect snails
This initiative wants you to snap a pic of your poop — for the future of gut health
Calling all citizen scientists: contribute an anonymous photo of your bowel movement to help build the world’s first and largest poop image database.
Gamers are one-upping nature and computers by designing whole new proteins
Building elaborate structures from scratch is difficult for computers, but in the hands of a gamer...
Low-tech scientists are using their eyes, ears, and intuition to make important discoveries
A fancy new satellite? A particle accelerator? Not required
Why science education for seniors is a boon for them – and for everyone else
Scientific literacy for the elderly has a host of societal benefits
Meet Ynes Mexia, late-blooming botanist whose adventures rivaled Darwin's
Eighty years after her death, scientists are still processing the plants she collected
My life in butterflies: how a childhood hobby shaped my career
Citizen scientists make tangible contributions to data collection