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Feature
A GOOGLE search for Citizen
Scientist or Citizen
Science will produce around 1,200,000 and 13,700,000
hits, respectively. But just who is this person that we call
a Citizen Scientist?
Shawn Carlson and David Levy have defined “Amateur Scientist” during their interviews
with the New
York Times and the Earth
& Sky radio program.
What about you? What do you think
a Citizen Scientist is? If you have an idea, please drop us
a line at Backscatter.
In the meantime, have a look at:
The
National Marine Debris Monitoring Program is an evolution of The Ocean
Conservancy's hugely successful International Coastal Cleanup.
It takes the idea of beach cleanups a step further by standardizing
the data collection through the use of a
scientifically
valid protocol to determine the status and trends of marine
debris pollution. As a result, volunteer participants become
real citizen scientists.
International
Coastal Cleanup --- 17 Sep 2005
The
TD Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup --- 10 – 18 Sep
2005.
In closing,
those of you with the money, time and sense of adventure should
check out The
Scientific Exploration Society. This link, which was given to us by Brian Chapel,
is one of the ultimate citizen science opportunities.
Wanderings
The
US National Science Foundation has turned down the SAS request for support of its
LABRats
program.
Flash back --- On Saturday 02 April 1994, Shawn Carlson and Forrest
Mims III were interviewed on CBC’s (Canadian Broadcasting
Company) science program --- QUIRKS & QUARKS. Unfortunately, this
is just the station log entry, not an actual audio clip of
their interview.
Bill Beaty shows us how to construct Kelvin's Thunderstorm Apparatus
--- a.k.a. Kelvin’s Water-Drop Electrostatic Generator.
PhD’s like to play with Tesla Coils
too. For proof, see Steve’s
Tesla Coil Page.
Learn about the
various types of lasers and how they work with Samuel M. Goldwasser's
Introduction to Lasers.
Brooke
Clarke has updated his extensive collection
of sensor links. Have a look. If you want to measure
something, you will probably need some type of sensor.
What is the connection between the double
helix of DNA and spread-spectrum
technology? For the answer, you’ll have to read --- Science Women Get
Cinematic Boost
Mark Whittle brings us
a sample of his Big
Bang Acoustics.
The MapMachine, National
Geographic's online atlas, allows us to nearly any place on
Earth.
RealClimate
is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the
interested public and journalists
The
SLOOH Robot Telescope allows a subscriber to
take part in a group or solo viewing.
NASA’s
Virtual Lab emulates a scanning electron
microscope and allows a user to zoom and focus into a variety
of built-in microscopic samples.
Allegations
of fake research reach new highs in United States
US scientists may have revived 250
million year old bacteria from suspended animation.
Download a free e-book from Project Gutenberg’s collection of over
16,000 books.
Seiko-Epson announces their introduction
of the μFR-II, a prototype for the World's Lightest
Micro-Flying Robot.
Print
your own customized calendar.
How
fast is your Internet Connection?
The Kids Room
Four young South African girls beat boredom
by taking part in a prize willing science project --- the design and construction
of a solar oven!
The
Budding Scientist page on the Science
in Africa Web Site contains a selection of interesting
information and links.
SustainUS is a non-profit organization
of young people advancing sustainable development and youth
empowerment in the US.
High school teachers try
new
ways of doing familiar experiments at CERN.
Have some fun in Doctor Slime's Laboratories.
See how the brain works with Neuroscience for Kids.
Here are some guide lines for a successful science fair
project.
What
is common table salt?
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On The Lighter Side
Scientific American?
From The Far Side
Fact or fiction? --- Viktor Schauberger’s vortex method water purification.
John Walker will show you how to
Build
Your Own Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer.
Brian
Josephson, (also,
see) winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973,
supports the claims of a teenage Russian girl who contends
that she has X-Ray vision.
Does
anyone want to buy some fresh “snake oil”?
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