OpenScientist: Citizen Science on the Radio

On Friday Ira Flatow on NPR's ScienceFriday spent half an hour talking about Open Science and Citizen Science projects with GalaxyZoo's Arfon Smith and author Alex Wright. They chat a lot about the GalaxyZoo project in particular, but also about the field in general and a few specific projects that people can get involved in.

Listen to the recorded broadcast or read the transcript for NPR's Doing Real-World Science, But Skipping The Ph.D.

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Citizen Science on the Radio

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