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Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Open Science Revolution Erupts
The word “revolution” stems from the scientific troublemakers who insisted that the earth revolved around the sun. These “revolutionaries” thus coined the term we still use to describe a particular climate of the mind. Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Breaking News, Community, General Interest, Research Tools
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Citizen Science Musings: What Happened to the Society for Amateur Scientists
Many of our readers know about, or were members of the Society for Amateur Scientists, one of the first general organizations serving what is now popularly known as Citizen Science. Continue reading
Want to Work for the Smithsonian?
Want to work for the Smithsonian? CSL is in receipt of the following job announcement, which we are passing along to our readers. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond: “Bat In The Bathroom, NOT In The Belfry”
Most evenings spring through fall we can look out over our property and watch bats swooping through the air catching insects; that seldom happens after first frost. Thus, we were a mite surprised “This Week at Hilton Pond” to find one of these winged mammals as a January visitor to an unusual location in our bathroom. Continue reading
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Turbine Alternator
This project’s goal was to research, design and build a small three phase turbine alternator operated from a compressed air supply. Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Electronics, Machine Shop, Physics, Projects
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Developing Citizen Science Programs
The aim of citizen science is not merely to provide free help to academic science professors when they run out of graduate students, but to turn the citizens into scientists themselves. Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Science, Best Practices, Community, Projects, Science Education, Tips
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Citizen Science Conference in August, 2012
The meeting is being billed as the first large-scale, open conference on public participation in scientific research. Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Science, Breaking News, Community, Education, Wildlife
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A Curiously Low Noise Amplifier
The Curiously Low Noise Amplifier takes advantage of the wonderful noise characteristics of the 2SK170 JFET that boasts a noise voltage below 1 nV/root-Hz and virtually no noise current. Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Invention, Projects, Tools
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This Week at Hilton Pond: “Winter Hummingbirds In The U.S. (Ruby-throats & Global Warming)”
In mid-January we took a long drive from York SC to North Carolina’s Outer Banks where we encountered quite a few winter hummers. However, these weren’t Rufous Hummingbirds or other “western vagrants” folks have come to expect these days in the eastern U.S. Continue reading
Posted in Biology, climate, Ornithology, Photography, This Week at Hilton Pond
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Citizen Science Musings: The State of the US Research and Development Job Market
For some time we’ve seen the trend of declining US expenditures in scientific research and the loss of science and engineering jobs. Now a new report just released by the National Science Board shows this trend accelerating. Continue reading