Citizen science turns morning walks along Washington’s coastline into environmental surveys, a camping trip with friends into an in-depth exploration of fauna, and a swim in the ocean into a scavenger ...

An enduring challenge facing science around the world is how to best include and engage Indigenous communities. Addressing this challenge was the focus of a research summit I attended earlier this ...

On a few special Saturdays out of the year, visitors to the St. Louis Science Center are treated with a mind-blowing event: The Amazing Brain Carnival. Featuring a variety of activities for guests to ...

Distrust in medicine and science isn't a new crisis. Drawing on decades in communities, a physician explains the real source ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Science Literacy for Communities." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Science Literacy: Concepts, Contexts, and ...

Climate data has a completeness problem. If you’re looking for ancient carbon dioxide measurements, ice core data can give you that. If you have an interest in prehistoric ecology, the fossil record ...

Vulnerable communities around the world could soon be able to use a new mobile phone app to help prevent disastrous floods thanks to a South American "citizen science" pilot. The new app which is ...

Defining Citizen Science in Context | Panelists opened by offering working definitions of citizen science—not just as data collection by non-scientists, but as a broader model for collaboration, where ...

Microbial communities are widely used biotechnology suppliers for processes like manufacturing biofuels and new foods, or helping crops grow better. To engineer successful communities, scientists need ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...

CU Science Discovery is excited to invite you to join a Community of Practice! These communities of educators meet regularly online, exploring the use of innovative tools and technology. During these ...