Kuchner has also
led a citizen science project called Disk Detective that allows users to scan WISE images for debris disks that could provide clues to planetary formation.
Not exact matches
The facts and process of
science have enabled the United States to
lead the world in technology and provide good health for an unprecedented number of our
citizens.
Prairie Ridge offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, including maintaining the Nature Neighborhood Garden and other groundskeeping activities, assisting with educational programs,
leading Saturday
citizen science programs, and collecting and / or entering data for
citizen science projects.
Since about the same percentage of all US
citizens say they do believe in a personal god, it makes one wonder what, if not their
science,
leads the elite of US scientists to differ so dramatically from the general population.
«With
citizen -
science programs, we are able to collect a lot of data at multiple spatial and temporal scales, which you can't necessarily do in a university -
led research program.
For Sara Wylie, a PLOTS co-founder who
led the London session, such reincarnations are part of the lab's
citizen -
science mission.
«Some have argued that the more armed
citizens there are, the lower the firearm homicide rate will be, because the feared or actual presence of armed
citizens may deter violent crime,» said
lead author Michael Siegel, professor of community health
sciences at BUSPH.
By elevating these issues in the public dialogue, U.S.
citizens gain a fighting chance of learning whether those who would
lead them have the education, wisdom and courage necessary to govern in a
science - driven century and to preserve democracy for the next generation.
In addition, some policymakers worry that opening the door wider would
lead to abuses and would take away
science and engineering jobs from U.S.
citizens.
A deeper probe shows that it is actually underlying philosophical concerns of religious
citizens and their perceptions of scientists that can
lead to responses of either enthusiastic support or rejection of
science, in ways that can be sometimes baffling to scientists.
They argue that scientists are being
led by the nose by
citizens and that when you have ordinary people formulating research questions and hypothesizing or being involved in the study, it makes it illegitimate, it takes away the good
science.
«It would have taken our researchers 18 months to do what
citizen scientists did in just three months,» says Amy Carton,
citizen science lead at Cancer Research UK.
Toward that end, he
led the development of the Rosetta computer program that predicts molecular design, and extended its reach with
citizen science offshoots like Rosetta@Home and Foldit.
Funded by NASA and the National
Science Foundation, Aurorasaurus is a
citizen project set up to track the aurora borealis and is
led by space scientist Liz MacDonald.
Karen James, Ph.D., a scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory who
leads the «BioTrails» project linking
citizen scientists with new genetic tools, will
lead the first of the summer MDI
Science Cafés in Northeast Harbor.
Seabird
lead to the formation The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET), a
citizen science program to bring together researchers and members of the public to identify and mitigate threats to marine birds.
Volunteers are also trained to
lead island hikes within the national park, participate in numerous local outreach events and to conduct
citizen science, including the collection of valuable research on marine mammals and other important sanctuary and park resources.
The Condor has nominated Andrew Dennhardt,
lead author of the paper Applying
citizen -
science data and mark — recapture models to estimate numbers of migrant Golden Eagles in an Important Bird Area in eastern North America (press release).
5 Gyres
lead students in
citizen science and educational efforts during two Summer Camp Programs, reaching over 50 students directly and close to 600 people (parents, staff and the local community) indirectly.
The
citizen science project is led by Society Fellow, climate scientist Professor Ed Hawkins, of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the University of R
science project is
led by Society Fellow, climate scientist Professor Ed Hawkins, of the National Centre for Atmospheric
Science and the University of R
Science and the University of Reading.