Sixty-five years ago, a metal sphere the size of a basketball caught the U.S. science, military and intelligence communities by surprise. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, launched into orbit ...

Recently a prominent science educator, Stanford’s Jonathan Osborne, opined that the goal of science is consensus. Science is a process whose goal is the discovery of knowledge, a process which often ...

Citizen science is a powerful tool for involving more people in research. By influencing policy, it is transforming conservation at global, national and local levels. Citizen science actively ...