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Swiss Army Tube Block

Kyle Lawson has designed a versatile tube holder capable of being printed with a 3D printer.
In biological sciences, we use 6 different sizes of tubes for samples. This Read More →

Community Mapping Brings a Revolution to Geographic Information Science

A recent National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture series featured Michael Goodchild, a world-renowned geographer and director of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Center for Spatial Studies. On November 17, Prof. Goodchild presented Read More →

Open Call for Open Science Equipment

[caption id="attachment_194" align="aligncenter" width="266" caption="Outdated Science Equipment (for PCR)"][/caption] Currently, most of the equipment in "garage" science labs come from auctions, craigslist and what ever people can scavenge.  While occasionally you Read More →

Citizen Science and the Age of Knowledge Generosity

On the eve of Thanksgiving, we tend to start our annual pondering about how we might give more to our friends and family, and maybe even to the world. Citizen scientists--whether they consciously realize it or not--are behaving Read More →

23andMe $99 Discount on 11/24

23andMe is offering a Discount tomorrow for their personal genetics kit. Normally it is $499 + $5/mo but starting tomorrow at 10am PST it will be $99 Read More →

Take part in the 111th Christmas Bird Count

[caption id="attachment_104" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="(photo of a Gray Jay taken by Petroglyph during CBC)"][/caption] This winter thousands of bird watchers  and citizen scientists will be braving the cold from December 15, Read More →