by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 31, 2008 | Citizen Science
Today is launch day for a new wing of the Science Cheerleader blog: the Project Finder! In a nutshell, the Project Finder is where we’ll point to projects and activities that will give regular folks the chance to participate in scientific research. That’s...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 30, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
I met many fascinating people in Minneapolis at Innovation 2008. One of them is Lynn Fellman, an artist who creates personalized portraits–and I do mean personalized. Her portraits are based on DNA sequences and mutation markers. I’m ordering...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 15, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
Spurred by the “recent back-and-forth between the presidential candidates concerning ‘earmarks,’ money that congressmen give to their states,” scientist Jonathan Farley writes: “What’s so wasteful about funding discovery? Not all...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 30, 2008 | Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Policy
Delighted to have been invited to speak at this important event. Kindly join in the discussion, in person or online. From Shawn Otto, CEO of ScienceDebate2008.com: “The great press continues – we are affecting the presidential discussion. But now we need...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
Thanks, Jacquie, for this interesting news. Jacquie: “This football season brings us perhaps the utimate citizen science sacrifice: The NY Times reports 12 NFL players have donated thier brains (post-humously of course) to enable scientists to explore the long...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 24, 2008 | Citizen Science, Social network science
Two timely science facts from Scientific American: Why Trees Lose Leaves: University of Missouri plant biologist John Walker says he and colleagues have identified a group of compounds [in Arabidopsis thaliana] that prompt production of the proteins that cause plants...
