The Rise Of Open Access Scientific Publishing
Accessing the absolute latest in scientific communications directly by the independent amateur or citizen scientist has been a financially daunting prospect for decades; practically impossible.
Mars As Big As The Moon... This Year Only! (and Next Year, And The Next)
Painted green by a flashlight, astronomer Dennis Mammana of California points out Mars to onlookers on Aug. 26, 2003, when Mars was particularly close to Earth. Photo credit: Thad V'Soske via NASA Science.
European Amateur Science Society Makes Major Dinosaur Discovery
For several years, a European amateur science group was on the trail of dinosaur prints and last spring they made a significant discovery.
Encouraging Science With Our Children
So much science education happens in informal ways--outside of the classroom. These experiences can be so valuable and sometimes even more influential than the classic approaches taken for so long by the public school system of the American culture.
Citizen Science Family Leads to Discovery of a Lost Bug
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in citizen science was certainly not on the minds of 6-year-old Alyson Yates and her mom, Kate, when they stepped out into their back yard one day to scout for ladybugs.
