Miss Louisiana Earth Invites You To Volunteer Online and Map Where Vital Wetlands Are Being Lost
Participate in Miss Louisiana Earth’s online citizen science challenge to help researchers understand climate impacts on wetland loss.
Author: Science Connected
Norwegian Sea Eagles
Scientifically known as Haliaeetus albicilla, these large raptors are commonly known as sea eagles or white-tailed eagles. By Steven Spence…
Touchscreen Tech Can Sense Tainted Water
The touchscreen on your smartphone now has a new use that can save lives: It can detect toxic elements in a water supply.
Citizen Science Lessons During the Pandemic
When educators were adapting to new stresses in early 2020, citizen science was an invaluable resource.
Hotspots of Bat-Human Virus Transmission
Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to strike humanity, and it won’t be the last. Scientists are investigating bat-human virus transmission.
Fight the Bat Killing Fungus
A terrifying bat-killing fungus is tearing through North American bat populations—and scientists have finally found a way to fight back.
Colleges need vaccine mandates
H. Holdent Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of AAAS Science journals explains why college communities will benefit from vaccine mandates in the school year to come.
Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana Citizen Science
Through a community effort, more than 80 Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana and their leaders became citizen scientists in April 2021.
What do you think about when you sleep?
Sleep is when we process the experiences of the day and form long-term memories. But how does your brain decide which memories to keep?
Music Helps Rebuild Language After Stroke
Stroke survivors with aphasia, the loss of language skills, are helped in their recovery by listening to music with lyrics.