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Citizen Science Is Stimulating a Wealth of Innovative Projects


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Credit: Eureka Corner

Opening science to public participation, the "citizen science" mode of research, has stimulated a diversity of projects that have led to real innovation and changes in behavior. It has done more than simply enhance existing research. It has also engaged a range of viewpoints that otherwise would have remained below the radar, allowing new people to provide new ideas to solve new problems.

From Scientific American
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