What do school science projects and learning to navigate real life challenges have in common? Everything. The process of learning how to create an effective science project taps into everyday skills ...

This year’s Citizen Science Month may be winding down at the end of April, but you can help researchers collect and analyze their data all year long. This week, citizen science platform Zooniverse has ...

If your kids are home for the summer, either entirely or in amounts you didn't previously anticipate, they might be looking for something to do. Or you may be looking for something for them to do.

There's a whole world of home science projects beyond the vinegar and baking soda volcano. Credit: peopleimages via Getty Images The vinegar and baking soda volcano is a science fair classic, but ...

We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite projects and resources for partaking in citizen science at home. If you’re interested in keeping up with Nature’s citizen science community, you can join our ...

From keeping track of illegal poaching activity to finding black holes in deep space, citizen science projects are impacting the way scientists carry out data-heavy research. Establishing such ...

Capstone projects are academic semester-long experiences for students nearing graduation. Student teams complete a substantial data science project that solidifies knowledge gained in the classroom ...

Sometimes the most powerful tool in research is people spending a few minutes to record their observations while going about their daily lives. An early example of this sort of “citizen science” is ...