New research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) has found that citizen science initiatives could be one of the keys to unlocking ...

Science experiments that could advance treatments for heart disease and osteoporosis, develop early warning systems for dangerous mudflows, and lead to more efficient power plants and improved food ...

As the moon blankets the sun and casts a dark shadow over the Earth, scientific breakthroughs can come to light. Total solar eclipses are more than just breathtaking spectacles—they are cosmic ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider – or getting more helping hands on ...

For Greg Pauly, inspiration came in the form of roadkill. Jogging in Los Angeles, California, about ten years ago, Pauly, the curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...

Scientific research can feel impenetrable and exclusive to many people. These six community science projects at UC Davis are changing that. For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people ...