David Walker investigates how enlisting the joint observational powers of amateur astronomers through citizen science projects will help further our knowledge of the universe.

I,Science’s Liz Killen talks to UCL’s Extreme Citizen Science research group about the benefits and applications of citizen science, and how you can get involved.

Faiza Peeran on why the citizen scientists of America collected bacteria to send into space

Citizen science is becoming an extremely popular method of data analysis …

Leaving behind expensive equipment and industrial laboratories, Do-It-Yourself science can do just as much to help developing nations …

Awareness of terrorism effects everything we do, but will the rise of the nanny state restrict our potential to invent? …

I, Science goes to seek out some ‘citizen scientists’ in their natural environment: a bunker in Hoxton …

Unconventional scientist Fran Scott on whether science demonstration and DIY science are really that different …

Citizen participation in science has never been stronger, but what happens when the Cit gets extreme? …

In many ways, the Rio+20 Earth Summit held in Brazil last June was a flop. After 3 days of debate, the 50,000 participants – including some 500 scientists and more than 100 heads of state – approved a final document: The Future We Want. Although this document was an international recognition of the need for […]

Map of scientific collaborations Guest contributor Julie Gould celebrates the Internet’s Golden Jubilee. There have been significant leaps in our understanding of science and technology in the last fifty years. Some have radically changed our world, such as our sending a man into space and the silicon chip. However, one tool above all has become […]

Adonis Blue This article is taken from the Winter 2011 issue of I, Science. Are we in a post-butterfly era? Kevin Edge explores the role amateur contributions could play in saving the British butterfly population. Mid-winter, many like to recall warm summer days when meadow, wood and cliff walks are alive with countless flowers, bees […]

When we think of the Science Museum, our first thoughts rarely involve contemporary research. Yet, with the help of the public, this is exactly what goes on in Live Science. “Me in 3D” is the new project taking over previous incarnations of Live Science (‘Insight from your Sight‘, ‘Familiar Faces‘). A team of researchers will be […]

In the crossover news of the week, gamers have discovered the structure of a protein-cutting enzyme that plays an important role in the spread of an AIDS-like virus in rhesus monkeys. Knowing the structure of this enzyme – the M-PMV retroviral protease – might make it possible to design drugs to beat the virus, but […]