Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
While we might imagine a scientist as a chemist concocting substances in a lab, or a biologist diving with sea creatures, the reality is often far more mundane. Much of science involves collecting and analyzing data, and that process isn’t always very exciting. Think counting bacteria in a petri dish, or noting if two stars … Read more “Gaming for Science: How Video Games Are Making Research Fun”
Categories: Gaming
New projects are being added to SciStarter all the time! We’re rounding up a few of the latest citizen science opportunities on SciStarter here for you to check out. You can travel to Mars to find clouds above the Red Planet, learn about how alphabets from around the world are evolving, track wayward balloons and … Read more “All New Citizen Science Projects For You!”
Categories: Newsletter
It all starts with Professor George Church’s vision. Church is a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. In 2005, he launched the Personal Genome Project (PGP), which collects data on a person’s DNA, environmental background, and relevant health and disease information from consenting participants. The premise … Read more “Think you have remarkable memory traits? Share them by participating in the Harvard PGP-Lumosity Memory Challenge”
Categories: Alzheimers, Citizen Science, CitSci Research
