Taking a leisurely stroll along the iconic wooden pier in San Clemente? You might as well stop, snap a photo and become an instant citizen scientist. A new CoastSnap project has launched to document ...

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 ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research and projects, but even so, it can’t do everything without a little ...

For nearly a decade, thousands of volunteers with no formal astronomy training have been staring at grainy infrared images on ...

In recent years, citizen science methodology has gained significant momentum and is becoming increasingly important in ...

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email [email protected] with ...

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 ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology want your help studying galaxies far, far away. It may seem like something out of Star Wars, but the goal is to gather scientific information to learn ...

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 ...

WRITTEN BY SARAH COTTRELL Maine summers are a magical time of relaxation and adventure. If you’re looking for ways to get ...

Snow Spotter is a citizen science project where volunteers around the world scan time lapse images of forested canopies in Washington, Alaska, Colorado and Europe for the presence of snow on tree tops ...

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 ...