Citizen Science in a Strange Land

Dispatches on Citizen Science, Science Outreach and Critical Thinking

Friday, October 31, 2014

The Persistent Myth of "Power"

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It'll be a situation familiar to any amateur astronomer who participates in a lot of public outreach. A member of the general public wil...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

The Intrinsic Knowability of the Past

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Among the general population, and especially in the United States, scientific theories concerning how things were in the past such as the th...
Monday, September 15, 2014

SUPER SCIENCE MASHUP

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A new Science-centric monthly event for the grown-up set is coming to Bristol Brewery at Ivywild School.  SUPER SCIENCE MASHUP is an event s...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Rocket Science and Moon Myths: THE MOVIE

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Last week's lectures at the Penrose Library are now available to watch in GLORIOUS VIDEO on the YouTubes! Part 1, presented by Yours ...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Wake Up and Smell the Media

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Like many amateur astronomers, I'm a member of an organization called the Astronomical League. The A.L. is a sort of organizational body...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Live Event - Rocket Science and Moon Myths

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Tomorrow, August 25th, join me at Rocket Science and Moon Myths, a fascinating and entertaining pair of lectures in the Carnegie Reading Roo...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Crowdsourcing For Science

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"Crowdsourcing" is one of the hottest buzzwords in the business world right now. In a nutshell, it means outsourcing the risk and ...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Inescapability of Science

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Science is everywhere and it permeates every facet of our existence. If you doubt that, consider this; you likely have in your pocket at thi...
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Astronomy writer, former Paleontology lab monkey, all-around citizen scientist and science communicator operating in Colorado Springs. E-mail me at SchwartzObservatory (at) yahoo (dot) com
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