On Amateurs

The amateur has a bit of an identity crisis. Not any specific amateur, more the idea. Here’s the Merriam-Webster definition:

Reactions: Risk, Radiation, and Remediation

Lessons learned from a Safecast exploration

How Citizen Scientists Are Revolutionizing Data Collection

Throughout the world, citizen scientists are developing tools to better manage world’s resources. Meet four such innovators who will be featured in an upcoming data innovation showcase in Abu Dhabi.

Science Wants to Be Open

There is power in a simple sketch. If done right, it can can communicate a complex idea without the need for several thousand words. There’s danger, too. Sometimes it’s too simple, and the sketch demands (rather than replaces) a longer explanation. The latter happened to me recently…

Citizen Science Day, Saturday April 16th 2016

THE CROWD & THE CLOUD intends to function as a kind of…

Making a Splash for Citizen Science

We’ve been “soft-launching” our new website and social media platforms over the past couple of…

Joe Riederer Schools Us on Siftr

Meet Joe Riederer.

What’s with all the dirt?

A team of DIY Biologists explore the soil microbes in and around their lab…

Objectif Plancton à Concarneau

Les sciences marines participatives pour l’étude de la diversité planctonique (phyto/zoo/ichtyo) en zone…

Softrek2 — How Did We Get Here?

This year — 2015 — is a banner year for Jim and me. We both survived stage 4 cancer battles in 2012–2013…