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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

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More Thoughts on Chemicals

Sheldon makes some good points about using Material Safety Data Sheets. One thing though is that they can be a bit scary. You may read the ones on some chemicals that you plan to use and then decide, maybe I should not mess with that chemical. It is a good idea to get calibrated to the language of the data sheets. Continue reading

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