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Archive for November, 2007

Watershed Monitoring: The Volunteer Monitor

There’s an incredible amount of citizen science being done by local groups, people who are involved in doing environmental research in their communities. I tend to not cover those groups much here; it feels, frankly, overwhelming…but I need to start, because the projects I usually post about here are really the tip of the iceberg.

One [...]

New Book: Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders

I work in the Maker Media Division of O’Reilly Media, and I did not work on this book. But I’m very proud to be a part of the organization that’s published Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders: From Novice to Master Observer. I just looked at a copy of it here in the office, [...]

Event Tomorrow: Technebiotics

This event looks like it might have lots of things of interest to people working on citizen science projects:
Part science fair, part county fair, this interactive afternoon event will feature multiple live demonstrations and do-it-yourself workshops on a wide range of biological techniques and processes. Artists, scientists and educators will demonstrate how to spool [...]