Projects about Citizen Science
United Kingdom (Bristol)
The women shaping diverse green and black cities
Environmental activists Zakiya Mckenzie and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley want you to go outside and embrace the countryside, to take in all...
Catalonia (Granollers)
The butterfly effect in Catalonia
Butterflies don't just look beautiful, they have an unusual trait. They are nature's way of showing us the effects of...
Catalonia (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
Help scientists spot unusual, invasive species
"You can spend your time on Facebook and Instagram, or spend half of that time helping researchers realise their objectives!"...
Bird-spotting in Catalonia aids biodiversity
Do you know your yellow-browed warbler from your bluethroat? Then Ornitho.cat wants you. The online citizen science project is dedicated...
Unplug yourself: let your phone work for you
Accompanying app
Today, smartphones are as fast as 120,000,000 Apollo 11 computers, which were capable of taking people to the moon. If we...
United States (Stanford)
The $1 microscope made of paper
"It's important to bring open-ended tools for discovery to a broad spectrum of users without dumbing down the tools." –...
United States (Portland)
A portal into plankton (not aliens)
Plankton are a critically important food source. No plankton = No life in the ocean. Plankton also play an important...
Tanzania (Serengeti)
Be part of a Serengeti soap opera
With Snapshot Serengeti everyone can observe animals in their natural habitat, without disturbing them – so you feel like you're seeing...
Australia (Perth)
Hunt for black holes
Black holes are found at the centre of most, if not all, galaxies. The bigger the galaxy, the bigger the...
Mother love gives clean air lift off
"It's time to change the conversation about climate change from polar bears to people." – Dominique Browning Forget Thunderbirds, these moms...
Radical laboratories of communal fun
"I really do believe in the community. I really do believe in the genius in every person. And that's not...
Spain (Madrid)
Click on the parasite to diagnose malaria!
"The more parasites you find, the more data you contribute to fighting the disease." MalariaSpot allows gaming time to be...
Join the hive, save the bees
Barcelona Warré Beehive
Fancy printing your own beehive in 30 minutes? A buzzy giant hive of makers and beekeepers have come together in a...
Canada (Calgary)
World's greatest arts-science smash-up
Photo: Gilles Thibault
Science and engineering is the most fascinating story on earth in the hands of the right storyteller. "It's in the...
Fab DIY cities of tomorrow
Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. That's what this 'Fab' global initiative is all about – a...
United States (San Francisco)
Tagging predators in the open sea
The Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators (GTOPP) program is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration among biologists, engineers and computer scientists, which...