by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 13, 2008 | Animal Projects, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Projects & Activities
Firefly season has ended. In a few short months, volunteer citizen scientists (folks like us), recorded 11,800 fireflies on behalf of researchers. The data collected will help scientists better understand these critters and shed light on how nature and human actions...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy
Surely you recall the infamous “hanging chads” of the Bush/Gore election….that’s what Congress was trying to avoid when it voted to switch over to electronic voting machines six years ago. If asked, you could have warned Congress that when it...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 18, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science, Science Policy, Social network science
I was a cheerleader for the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team during the 90-91, 91-92 and 92-93 seasons. First year was awesome. Easy to bust some moves in modest uniforms and hightops?! (left) when the entire stadium was cheering on the Atlantic Division champs...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 23, 2008 | Citizen Science, OTA, Science Policy, Shad
Just published this article in Science Progress. Hope you enjoy it. The purpose of the piece is to let you know that all 720 formal (easy-to-read) reports put out by the defunct Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) are now available online, courtesy of...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 8, 2008 | Citizen Science
Ame, a reader from Philly, posted this question in response to the FireFly article: I don’t see as many Fireflies these days so my daughter and I will participate in the FireFly Watch to help solve the mystery. I also don’t see as many bees and I’ve...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science, Social network science
Who doesn’t love fireflies? Except Mean Matthew who, when we were kids, would squish the glow-in-the-dark goo out of them and wipe it on his neck to show off. (Don’t try that at home, kids. This was before real glow-in-the-dark jewelry was sold, and,...
