Citizen Science Projects for the New Year

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01/07/2011

Jan. 07, 2011

Citizen Science Projects for the New Year

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No lab? No Ph.D.? No problem. Sign on for some citizen science. We'll talk about the rise of scientific research projects that rely on citizen volunteers, from games that allow you to try your hand at optimizing protein folding, to programs that let you take part in searches for astronomical objects. Are you a participant in a citizen science project? Tell us about it!

The organizers of The Milky Way Project have challenged Science Friday listeners to help in a massive image classification project. Join in here.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

Arfon Smith
Technical Lead, Galaxy Zoo and the Zooniverse

University of Oxford

Oxford, England
Alex Wright
Author, "Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages" (Joseph Henry Press, 2007)

Contributor, The New York Times

New York, New York
Richard Kelly
Leader, Snowtweets project

Professor, Geography

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Canada

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