Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
Like any parent, I get a lot of questions from my kids that only an encyclopedia could properly answer. I got away with being vague when they were young: “What plant is this?” they would
A peek at publications from this week that relied on citizen science covered topics of birds and bears. 1. Ikin K, Barton PS, Stirnemann IA, Stein JR, Michael D, et al. (2014) Multi-Scale Associations between
For this week’s roundup, there are two new papers that used data from Breeding Bird Atlas programs in order to spot trends in bird populations in relation to environmental changes. One study with Atlas data
Once again, at the intersection of leisure time and scientific inquiry are many new discoveries. Many people doubt the ability of non-professionals to contribute to scientific research. The proof is in the pudding as
I’m motivated to begin a weekly roundup because there were at least four five cool scientific papers this week that relied on citizen science. I’m absolutely sure that there were more that did not come
Which of these two groups do you think would know the whereabouts of sharks better: local dive guides or professional marine biologists? In a new paper in PLoS ONE, marine researchers in Australia report on
There are many ways to be uppity in today’s world: stand up, step up, cowboy up, get fired up, stirred up, or simply wake up. Now consider a new one: scaling up. In a recent