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Calling All Gamers: How a Day of Online Gaming Can Help Advance Health Research

April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 SciStarterCitizen Science Month, Events

Gaming 4 Science Day is Friday, April 16, 2021 as part of Citizen Science Month.

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revolutionize medicine Citizen Science Genetics Health 

One Million Volunteers Could One Day Revolutionize Medicine

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021 SciStartercitizen science, citizen science projects, medicine, volunteer

NIH program promises to revolutionize medicine and cure some of the nation’s deadliest diseases. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers are needed.

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Citizen Scientists Have Found Dozens of Brown Dwarfs Near Earth

March 26, 2021April 3, 2021 SciStarterbrown dwarfs, citizen science projects, stars

Volunteers scanning the night sky for elusive hints of Planet Nine are uncovering the secrets of a strange class of stars called brown dwarfs.

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Citizen Science Ecology SciStarter Blog 

Could Evolution be Changing your Neighborhood Squirrels?

March 19, 2021March 4, 2021 SciStarterevolution, Squirrels

Black squirrels — a relic of ancient, old-growth forests — are now more common in cities. To understand why, scientists want to track the color of squirrels in your backyard.

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Most People Aren’t Climate Scientists. We Should Talk About Climate Change Anyway

March 12, 2021April 3, 2021 SciStarterclimate change, North Carolina

Most Americans don’t talk about climate change. But many experts think that getting communities involved in climate science is the best path forward.

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Uncovering the History of Harvard’s ‘Human Computers’

March 5, 2021February 26, 2021 SciStarterfemale astronomers, history, women in science, Women in STEM, women's history month

More than a century ago, women called “human computers” changed our understanding of the universe. Now volunteers are making discoveries in their old notebooks.

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Citizen Science SciStarter Blog 

Make a Picnic for Ants…For Science!

February 12, 2021February 5, 2021 SciStarterants, insects, mass extinction

Create a picnic for ants with the Ant Picnic citizen science project to help scientists understand the dietary preferences of this crucial speices.

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Science Games Advance Genetic Research

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 SciStartercomputers, games, gamification, gaming, video games

By playing citizen science games like Phylo, Colony B and Borderlands Science, you can join scientific research projects in your free time.

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Making a Difference for Air Quality in Pakistan

January 29, 2021January 19, 2021 SciStarter

Air pollution kills hundreds of thousands of people every year in Pakistan, yet no one was monitoring air quality. Now a group of citizen scientists is prompting change.

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Botany Citizen Science SciStarter Blog 

Watching Plants with Project Budburst

January 22, 2021January 16, 2021 SciStartercitizen science projects, plants

Join communities across the world in observing plant life cycles – any plant, any place, any time – by participating in Project Budburst.

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Spotlight: Health

Featured image: A laser treats the surface of copper, giving it a texture that would allow the metal to instantly kill bacteria. (Purdue University/Erin Easterling) Engineering Health 

Pathogens Perish on Laser-Treated Metal

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Science Connectedantimicrobial, bacteria, copper, lasers, materials engineering, pathogens
Pathogens in bacteria could be eliminated on contact, according to a new study using the antimicrobial properties of copper and laser...
Health Psychology 

How the Placebo Effect “Tricks” the Brain

April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 Science Connectedanalgesia, medication, pain, placebo effect, placebos
You have probably heard of the placebo effect, but what is it and how does it work? Can something that's in...
revolutionize medicine

One Million Volunteers Could One Day Revolutionize Medicine

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021 SciStartercitizen science, citizen science projects, medicine, volunteer
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Researchers Find Tissue Damage from Covid-19

April 1, 2021April 6, 2021 Science Connectedbiology, immunology, medicine, microbiology
is depression in our genes

Is Depression In Our Genes?

March 31, 2021April 14, 2021 Science Connecteddepression, epigenetics, genes, genetics, public health
A compound found in green tea stabilizes an anti-cancer protein known as the "guardian of the genome." Photo courtesy of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

How a Green Tea Antioxidant Helps Fight Cancer

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Science Connectedanti-cancer drug, anti-cancer protein, antioxidant, cancer, fight cancer, green tea
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