While we might imagine a scientist as a chemist concocting substances in a lab, or a biologist diving with sea creatures, the reality is often far more mundane. Much of science involves collecting and ...

My own interest in science was sparked repeatedly throughout my childhood through activities like completing building kits with my dad, scuba diving, and various Girl Scouts workshops. Now, I'm a ...

Citizen Science Salon is a partnership between Discover magazine and SciStarter.org. In today’s world, computers both big and small produce vast volumes of data in record time — millions of trillions ...