Celebrating Citizen Science Month with new government-sponsored projects

The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research and projects, but even so, it can’t do everything without a little help. That is where the concept of citizen scientists comes into play, with people working hand in hand with government agencies to help make important discoveries that might change the world one day. Perhaps the best example of this is the citizen science projects sponsored by NASA, which we first reported on back in 2023. Since then, the program has expanded to include quite a few new projects, while others have been completed thanks to the tireless efforts of people working on them all around the world.

And NASA is really doubling down on its citizen scientist recruitment efforts. To celebrate April being designated as Citizen Science Month, the agency is contributing to the One Million Acts of Science event, which is sponsored by Arizona State University and SciStarter. That effort seeks to encourage people to participate in various scientific projects with the goal of racking up one million individual contributions by the end of the month.

The SciStarter project pages have quite a few ways that budding citizen scientists can help out, with projects covering everything from counting caterpillars to spotting wild pigs in need of assistance. And for a more indoor-focused assignment, the National Archives and the National Park Service are collaborating on a special project to transcribe the records from pension and bounty-land warrant applications filed by soldiers who se ..

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