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Benefits of 'citizen science'

Atlantic City 01 Jun 2023
It's called citizen science. Citizen science is the involvement of the general public — you, your communities, anyone who is not a professional scientist — in collecting data to support scientific research ... Regardless of location, age or nationality, citizen scientists are heroes in the worldwide effort to combat global warming.
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First report from NASA team studying unidentified phenomena coming this summer

CNN 01 Jun 2023
A team of 16 experts and scientists assembled by NASA aims to publish its first report on ... Rather than satellites, which can only monitor small portions of the majority of the planet at very low resolution, the team is interested in enlisting the help of citizen scientists.
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This fake beach is a magnet for tourists—and peaceful endangered sharks

Popular Science 01 Jun 2023
Angelsharks are masters of disguise, so spotting them is a challenge. Photo by Mike Sealey ... the angelshark ... Help has come in the form of citizen science ... Through an ASP initiative, dive operators conduct friendly competitions to see which company can record the most sightings, thereby increasing data collection, particularly from citizen scientists ... .
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Children become eDNA citizen scientists at Coiba National Park in Panama (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Public Technologies 31 May 2023
On 7 February 2023, amidst a beautiful sunny day and a calm sea, 12 local school children aged 7 to 14 years travelled to Coiba National Park to become citizen scientists for the day ... Scientists from the ... Children become eDNA citizen scientists at Coiba National Park in Panama.
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NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission

Hindustan Times 31 May 2023
A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified a trio of exoplanets, which may have been some of the last planets that NASA's retired Kepler space telescope observed over its nearly decade-long mission ... Here, in this study, the citizen scientists hunted for ...
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Astronomers discover planets observed by NASA retired Kepler telescope

Sina 31 May 2023
A research team worked with a group of citizen scientists and professional astronomers and found three planets in the last bit of data. A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified some of the last planets NASA's retired Kepler space telescope observed during its nearly decade-long mission, NASA said on Tuesday ... .
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NASA's Kepler may have discovered exoplanet trio in final daysK2 was Kepler's renewed mission following ...

Deccan Herald 31 May 2023
A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified a trio of exoplanets, which may have been some of the last planets that NASA's retired Kepler space telescope observed over its nearly decade-long mission ... Here, in this study, the citizen scientists hunted for ...
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Yakov Rabkin: I left the USSR to enjoy free speech in the West. Fifty years ...

Russia Today 31 May 2023
I was excited by the opportunity to engage in free political debate and to make my contribution as a citizen and a scholar ... Once prominent Western scientists such as Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago have all but disappeared from the mainstream media.
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TJC science center announces summer schedule

Jacksonville Progress 31 May 2023
• “Great Barrier Reef” (1 p.m.) — Narrated by acclaimed actor Eric Bana, “Great Barrier Reef” captures the natural beauty and exquisite strangeness of the world’s largest living wonder and introduces audiences to the visionaries and citizen scientists who are helping us better understand and protect this awesome, bizarre and vibrant living world.
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UFO Panelists Say NASA Needs Better Data — and Help from AI

Universe Today 31 May 2023
Some of that stigma was experienced by the panelists themselves ... How more data can help ... How NASA can help ... Several panelists suggested that NASA could create a crowdsourcing platform to give citizen scientists an outlet for reporting UAPs, and that artificial intelligence and machine learning could help researchers sift through archived data ... .
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Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark

Phys Dot Org 30 May 2023
Now, astronomers at MIT and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, with the help of citizen scientists, have discovered what may be the last planets that Kepler gazed upon before going dark ... The citizen scientists are especially suited to combing through short datasets such as K2's very last campaign.
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Matt Ridley: I’m Shocked by How Little the World Wants to Investigate COVID-19 Origin

The Epoch Times 30 May 2023
Speaking to NTD‘s “British Thought Leaders” (BTL) programme, Ridley said�the hunt for the origin of COVID-19 is a ...
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Astronomers discover last three planets Kepler telescope observed before going dark

Science Daily 30 May 2023
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before it was retired ... .
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What's new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems

Independent Tribune 30 May 2023
... should serve citizens well. It comes as scientists and tech industry leaders, including executives at Microsoft and Google, warned Tuesday about the perils of artificial intelligence to mankind, saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.".
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Earth Talk: Citizen science key to monitoring, combating climate change

The Times & Democrat 29 May 2023
It’s called citizen science. Citizen science is the involvement of the general public — you, your communities, anyone who is not a professional scientist — in collecting data to support scientific research ... Regardless of location, age or nationality, citizen scientists are heroes in the worldwide effort to combat global warming.

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