"The libraries can take a citizen science project and really add those community roots, so people end up taking action more." — Darlene Cavalier
In this episode of Consider This Next, host Kacie speaks with Myiedra Miles Adams, an educator, communicator, and storyteller working to turn a deeply personal project...
In North America, bumble bee populations are shrinking, with over a quarter of all species facing some degree of extinction risk. In Michigan alone, among a...
BROOKLYN, NY – When I first visited Genspace, my goal was to understand the theory of change behind the world’s first community biology lab. I wanted...
Paper at a glance Paper Title From event enjoyment to career aspirations: how inclusive science engagement shapes participant perspectives Author(s) and Year Soumaiya Imarraine and Nicole...
Last year, Boston launched a first-of-its-kind city Sunflower Beautification Grant to address the question: how can cities create and maintain green spaces for the benefit and consumption...
The most consistent takeaway across all our studies is this: when scientists show their humanity, their excitement, their failures, the uncertainty, people relate to them. —...
“One of the most exciting takeaways we can document here is that folks who participate in these participatory science or citizen science projects can benefit from...
In this 8th and final episode of season 1 for Science Engaged, I speak with Meaghan McKasy, who studies how humor affects people’s attitudes and perceptions...
"That all came to be because of an idea of documenting something that’s working somewhere else, importing it here, inspiring others through the power of storytelling...
The founding chief executive officer of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), Lucy Madden, recently shared on Linkedin that 12 companies put $180k behind the program this school year, more than...
This study explored the goals pursued by science artists in creating their art. The authors identified several themes that ranged from a widely shared goal of...
“Engaging multi-perspective groups in neurotechnology discovery, innovation, and research fosters ethical problem solving, epistemic justice, governance implementation… and cultural sensitivity and reflexivity.” — Karen Rommelfanger
“Every time somebody uploads a photo to iNaturalist or another citizen science project, it is an observation of biodiversity, but it's also an observation of how...
On the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum CSFINDEX: IMFI ▲27.8% Rev YoY , the aircraft-carrier-turned-museum docked off the West Side of New...
Melissa Anderson, Alexander Wilkins, and Timothy Riker discuss engaging the Deaf community in research, accessible communication, and centering community priorities.
A 2024 paper published in Frontiers in Education examines content knowledge gains and instructor impacts in a middle school neuroscience outreach program in Michigan using multiple...
Dear colleagues, We are seeking instructors to participate in survey on science communication in undergraduate Biology. Science communication skills are essential for students to respond to...
“That’s a big goal, and the through line to what I do is trying to bring humanity into science, or to humanize scientists, which also is...
CSF Index BIOBUS: BIOB ▲ 25.9% Rev YoY FY2024 vs FY2023 · Form 990 BioBase Harlem is a BioBus-operated lab that hosts school groups and after-school...
This was an incredible opportunity to learn from practitioners around the globe and highlight how Third Spaces foster forward-looking opportunities by encouraging new ways of thinking.
We’re at a crossroads. As AI-generated images become easier to produce, there’s a temptation to replace skilled illustrators with algorithms. This would be a catastrophic mistake...
“The reason that this really works as a science project is a little bit of an accident of geography” - Dr. Jill Leonard
“Any individual image is going to be annotated or looked at by 15 independent volunteer citizen scientists.” — Benjamin Richards
Dear Colleagues, We are seeking biologists, political scientists, and language scientists (all broadly construed) to participate in a survey about the barriers researchers face when attempting to communicate...
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