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This is an ever-growing list of studies, experiments or projects in which members of the general public can participate.

Brother, can you spare a galactic classification?

Submitted by Zinger on June 15, 2008 - 19:23. | | |

"Your job is very simple! All you need to do is look out for the features that mark out spiral and e

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Help examine the "lost" JFK files

Submitted by Zinger on June 15, 2008 - 19:20. | | |

The Dallas News invites readers to examine a new batch of documents relating to John F. Kennedy.

Project Budburst

Submitted by Zinger on February 22, 2008 - 00:55. | | |

Join us in collecting important climate change data on the timing of leafing and flowering in your a

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Launch your own space mission

Submitted by Zinger on September 12, 2007 - 09:23. | |

An experiment can be flown into space, recovered, and provided back to young experimenters for as li

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Can you write a better NASA slogan?

Submitted by Zinger on September 7, 2007 - 14:58. | | |

NASA recently changed its slogan in an attempt to better articulate it's role for the American peopl

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WIKISKY

Submitted by Zinger on August 31, 2007 - 09:09. | | | | |

The main purpose of WIKISKY is to consolidate astronomical, astrophysical and other information abou

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Galaxy Zoo

Submitted by Zinger on August 4, 2007 - 20:45. | | | |

Help classify galaxies via the Internet.

The Reading Experience Database

Submitted by Zinger on July 26, 2007 - 09:35. | | | |

A database containing as much information as possible about what British people read, where and when

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The Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Submitted by Zinger on July 20, 2007 - 21:19. | | | | | |

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge seeks submissions of design science solutions within a broad range

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Now you too can review patents

Submitted by Zinger on June 18, 2007 - 21:49. | | | | | |

Help the US Patent Office find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent ap

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Face Research

Submitted by Zinger on June 18, 2007 - 09:12. |

FaceResearch.org allows you to participate in short online psychology experiments looking at the tra

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Automotive X-Prize

Submitted by Zinger on May 21, 2007 - 10:55. | | | | |

The X-Prize Foundation is working on developing an automotive prize "To inspire a new generation of

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Archon X Prize for Genomics

Submitted by Zinger on May 21, 2007 - 10:39. | | |

The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics challenges scientists and engineers to create better, cheaper and fa

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Cone Sutro Forest - Collaborative Observatory

Submitted by Zinger on May 16, 2007 - 22:38. | | |

CONE Sutro Forest allows players to earn points by taking live photos and classifying wild birds. CO

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Become a NASA Clickworker

Submitted by Zinger on May 2, 2007 - 17:19. | | | | |

The HiRISE camera, one of the instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has been sending back

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Become a Climate Change Presenter

Submitted by Zinger on January 9, 2007 - 11:42. | | | |

Take training to become a presenter on climate change.

Earthwatch Institute

Submitted by Zinger on January 8, 2007 - 19:49. | |

Earthwatch supports scientific field research by offering volunteers the opportunity to join researc

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Design a mission, win $50k

Submitted by Zinger on December 16, 2006 - 10:53. | | | | |

The Planetary Society is conducting a competition to design a mission to rendezvous with and "tag" a

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The Open Science Project

Submitted by Zinger on December 12, 2006 - 23:36. |

"The OpenScience project is dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific softw

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Innocentive

Submitted by Zinger on December 10, 2006 - 21:33. | | |

Companies are offering financial awards for solutions to their scientific challenges.

The Prairie Meteorite Search

Submitted by Zinger on December 9, 2006 - 10:04. | | | |

University specialists are demonstrating what meteorites look like on the ground and reaping the ben

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The Center for Backyard Astrophysics

Submitted by Zinger on November 11, 2006 - 12:58. | | | | |

A global network of small telescopes dedicated to photometry of cataclysmic variables.

the genographic project

Submitted by Zinger on October 13, 2006 - 11:53. | | | |

The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have

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Archaeology for the public

Submitted by Zinger on August 14, 2006 - 21:56. |

The Society for American Archeology has set up an information clearinghouse website for members of t

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The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment

Submitted by Zinger on August 13, 2006 - 21:09. | | |

The Prize recognises significant contributions to environmental conservation. Submissions for the an

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Stardust@Home

Submitted by Zinger on July 31, 2006 - 20:36. | | | |

Stardust@home is a space science project in which volunteers from the general public help scientists

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Einstein@Home

Submitted by Zinger on July 26, 2006 - 20:14. | | | | |

Einstein@Home is a program that uses your computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars

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National Institute on Aging recruiting long lived families for study

Submitted by Zinger on July 11, 2006 - 19:55. | | | |

The Long Life Family Study (LLFS), developed by the NIH's National Institute on Aging (NIA), is now

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The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search

Submitted by Zinger on June 16, 2006 - 07:30. | | |

Use your computer to help discover prime numbers.

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