The TODAY Show Participates in Project MERCCURI!

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The TODAY Show recently participated in Project MERCCURI, presented by UC Davis, SciStarter, and Science Cheerleader. They anchors swabbed Studio 1A for microbes on air! Looks like they had fun. They’ve sent their microbes to UC Davis where they will be cultured and … Read more “The TODAY Show Participates in Project MERCCURI!”

Categories: In the News

Project MERCCURI Goes to the Bay Area Science Festival!

If you’re in the Bay Area this weekend, come down to the Bay Area Science Festival at AT&T Park! This event is FREE and hosts a plethora of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows. Unleash your inner scientist! Event Details: Bay Area Science FestivalAT&T Park 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Saturday, November … Read more “Project MERCCURI Goes to the Bay Area Science Festival!”

Categories: Citizen Science, Events

What Lies in the Soil?

Drag your bones toward even more Halloween-themed citizen science! We know from basic ecology that organisms are adapted to their environment, and where certain organisms live should fall along a gradient of critical environmental factors such as moisture, temperature, nutrient availability, or substrate. How these factors impact diversity and distribution are questions that we could … Read more “What Lies in the Soil?”

Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors

SciStarter’s founder to speak about citizen science: NPR’s Weekend in Washington

If you’re planning to attend NPR’s “Weekend in Washington” conference on November 2, let’s meet up! SciStarter’s founder, Darlene Cavalier, will be speaking about the rise of citizen science (regular people doing real science). From National Public Radio: “NPR’s Weekend in Washington is our annual, multi-day convergence of award-winning journalists, innovative leaders from Member Stations and … Read more “SciStarter’s founder to speak about citizen science: NPR’s Weekend in Washington”

Categories: Events, In the News

SciStarter and WHYY (NPR affiliate) to report on citizen science projects and participants.

Lend us your ears! Citizen science is coming to the radio. “The Pulse,” WHYY’s weekly one-hour radio program focused on health, science and innovation in the Philadelphia region, will launch on Friday, Dec. 6. The show will explore the personal stories of illness and recovery, discovery, health and science trends and much more. Working with … Read more “SciStarter and WHYY (NPR affiliate) to report on citizen science projects and participants.”

Categories: Citizen Science, In the News

Photosynq: Plugging into Photosynthesis

Recently researchers at Michigan State University have been turning their attention to how we study plant photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the biological process by which plants and algae convert light into storable energy for growth and survival. Quantifying photosynthesis levels can reveal a lot about plant health. For example how efficient is the plant in capturing … Read more “Photosynq: Plugging into Photosynthesis”

Categories: Apps, Biology, Citizen Science, CitSci Research, Computers & Technology

The Attack of the “ZomBees”

Drag your bones toward more Halloween-themed citizen science! SciStarter has been paying attention to the zombee apocalypse from ZomBee Watch’s early days. Here are some important updates on the project and details on how you can get involved. Have you noticed bees behaving in a strange ‘zombie’-like dazed manner near lights, especially at night? Then, … Read more “The Attack of the “ZomBees””

Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Insects, Nature & Outdoors

The Snapper, the Groper and the Emperor – Donate Your Skeletons

Drag your bones toward more Halloween-themed citizen science.  The snapper, the groper and the emperor—these are not synonyms for that nasty blind date you landed last month, nor do they form the lineup for a cast of Halloween characters. These are fish. In particular they are demersal species, which refers to a type of fish … Read more “The Snapper, the Groper and the Emperor – Donate Your Skeletons”

Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water

Spidey Sense Alert: Tracking Spider Populations With Where’s My Spider?

If you ever asked me how many kinds of spiders were there in the world, I would say there are two that I know of. The one with thin long legs that inhabit the walls of my house and keep me up at night, and the enormous one with hairy legs that inhabit theater screens … Read more “Spidey Sense Alert: Tracking Spider Populations With Where’s My Spider?”

Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Insects

Go Lurking in the Dark – Help Scientists Measure Light Pollution with Dark Sky Meter

Drag your bones toward more Halloween-themed citizen science. Growing up in the last green valley, I didn’t think too much about light pollution. We always brought flashlights trick-or-treating, and I can remember being afraid to go outside after sunset for fear of what could be hiding in the dark; we could always see the stars. … Read more “Go Lurking in the Dark – Help Scientists Measure Light Pollution with Dark Sky Meter”

Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors