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THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES
Updated 28 May 2004
Citizen
finds "extinct" butterfly
As this issue of The Citizen Scientist was being
put to bed, a newspaper article arrived that described an ongoing effort
to return a butterfly thought to be extinct to its original habitat in
South Florida. More.
Announcing
Citizen Science Challenge 2: Monitoring and Studying Aircraft Contrails
Contrails are manmade clouds formed by high-flying
aircraft. New data show that contrails can have an impact on regional
climate. More.
The
Transit of Venus
No one alive today has ever seen a transit of Venus.
That's because the events occur in pairs, each of which is more than a
century apart. The last transit was in 1882. More.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
3rd
Annual Citizen Science Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January
13-16, 2005.
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PHOTO OP
This stunning photograph of a female Miami blue butterfly
(Hemiargus thomasi) was made by butterfly expert and photographer
Jeffrey Glassberg
BREAKING NEWS
SAS thanks Mark Gelfand for his commitment of $200,000
towards our 2004 annual campaign. Mark also contributed $170,000 during
last years campaign. He continues to be an ongoing supporter for the development
of LABRats and SAS.
Thank you so much Mark; you truly are a "founding father"
for science education and development.
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PREVIOUS HEADLINES
Amateurs
break the space barrier!
Amateur
birders assist the pros
Help wanted
Amateur
ornithologist Chris Hollister
The
transit of Venus
SAS
Hosts "Virtual" Conference on Informal Science Education
New
asteroid named in honor of Lisa Glukhovsky
SAS
Announces its Science For Life Partner Program
Monarch
butterflies slow to appear
Whirlwind
season arrives
Australian
amateur astronomer finds 18th comet
Amateur
ornithologist monitors wood duck nest box using tiny video cameras
Announcing
Citizen Science Challenge 1: Solar Warming of Asphalt Roads
Amateur
paleontologist makes significant discoveries in New Jersey
Amateur
science is booming among U.S. middle and high school students
Dust
coats the Mars rovers
Tornado
chaser featured in National Geographic
Amateur
naturalists track butterfly decline in Great Britain
David
Levy unfazed when mountain lion threat moves star party
Opportunity
leaves Eagle Crater
Smoke
from fires in Southeast Asia crosses the Pacific Ocean
Magnetic
bacteria discoveries
Amateur
Science Loses a Good Friend
U.S.
House of Representatives passes bill to reward amateur asteroid hunters
Asteroid
2004 FH passes within three Earth diameters of Earth's surface
A
solar eclipse from Mars
Amateur
meteorologists photograph massive African dust storm
The
SAS at Super Science Saturday
A
Tale of Two Conferences
Citizen
Scientists and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
SAS
on CNN
E-Bulletin
to See Changes at the Helm
SAS
McCarthy Observatory Discovers Three New Asteroids
SAS's
Poster Kid and New Contributing Editors
LABRats:
A New SAS Program to Teach Science, Self-esteem, and the Virtues of Community
Service
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