Bug Bacteria Helps Rice Plants Boost Immunity
Rice is the most widely consumed staple cereal crop for about half of the world’s human population, but its cultivation comes with inherent challenges, such as crop attacks by herbivorous pests.
Year: 2019
Help Audubon Protect Threatened Birds
Audubon’s Climate Watch Program needs volunteers to help it spot 12 birds threatened by climate change. Are you in? “Hope…
Reintroducing Science Connected Magazine
GotScience has always been part of the nonprofit organization Science Connected, and it’s time to fully bring the two projects…
Changing Methods of Science Communication Online
Science Communication Online: A New Book Exploring How We Do and Share Science On the Internet. We are providing free access to the book.
The US Needs a Federal Ban on Marine Plastic Pollution
Marine plastic pollution must be addressed by the United States through policies on single-use plastics and abandoned fishing nets.
Alzheimer’s research furthered with citizen science games
A team of researchers at the Human Computation Institute and Cornell University seek to understand what causes a 30% reduction…
An Evolutionary Approach to Conserving Plant Habitats
By Mackenzie Myers To conserve plant habitats, a traditional approach to biodiversity—species richness, or saving as many species as possible—might…
Empowering Communities to Examine Lead Exposure with Crowd the Tap
By Bradley Allf Lead pipes for transporting water have been a fixture of modern civilization for more than two thousand…
Plants Can Win a Battle against Aphids
By Radhika Desikan Being sessile, plants are faced with constant pressures from their environment, such as extreme climates, microbes, and…
Sound Around Town Uses Data to Combat Noise Pollution
By Bradley Allf At the start of World War I, thousands of soldiers were coming down with a baffling condition:…