Welcome to the World of Hands on Science
"The Citizen Scientists League promotes responsible scientific observation, experimentation,
discovery, and invention. We encourage active participation, networking and publishing
by science enthusiasts at all levels of education and experience."
NASA is looking for citizen scientist observers to assist in locating and tracking minor planets in support of their upcoming OSIRIS REx mission to explore these roving rocks. Read more [...]
This paper describes experiments with a multiple-wire anode spark counter designed to detect alpha (a) particles. The project and resulting experiments began as a consequence of a single-wire anode spark counter I built circa 1990. Read more [...]
Although we’re over a week late on this, I wanted to give our readers and update on how the Citizen Scientists League is doing as of the end of April. Read more [...]
After 31 years of banding, it's seldom we capture a new species but that's just what happened "This Week at Hilton Pond" when an adult Barred Owl--species #126!--hit our mist nets and stayed there long enough for us to extract it. Read more [...]
I happen to love FREE when it comes to scientific tools and thought I would give a brief review of some of my favorite free tools over a series of several blog entries. For this article I want to talk about GNU’s program called Octave. Read more [...]
Over the weekend, a huge array of sunspots rotated into view. Experts suggest that the sun may be starting to unleash more solar storms. At the same time, these sunspots offer an opportunity for amateur solar astronomers to observe these sunspots. Read more [...]
I have to wonder if this presages a sea change in the role of the amateur scientist, not merely as an experimenter or theorist, but as a reviewer of "established" scientists and their work? It certainly seems that way. Read more [...]
