crowdfunding - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:04:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png crowdfunding - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 Crowdfunding science: Why donate, part II https://www.talksciencetome.com/2015/02/15/crowdfunding-science-donate-part-ii/ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 01:11:49 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=2340 Why support crowdfunding for science research? We were curious about this question, and we decided to take the opportunity presented by the annual meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science and the first conference of the newly formed Citizen Science Association, which both took place in San Jose last week and this weekend.… Read More »Crowdfunding science: Why donate, part II

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]]> 2340 Crowdfunding science – Why donate? https://www.talksciencetome.com/2015/02/12/crowdfunding-science-donate/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:01:22 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=2330 If you work in science research at almost any level these days, you’ll be aware of how difficult it is to get funded to carry out or continue with a project. Whether you are a doctoral student working on a cherished thesis or an “established” academic, you know that the monies available are slipping behind… Read More »Crowdfunding science – Why donate?

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]]> 2330 Muses: DIY spectroscopy https://www.talksciencetome.com/2013/03/08/muses-diy-spectroscopy/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:15:48 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=544 The Public Lab is, I think, a generally stellar example of how to go about citizen science: they identify genuine, pressing scientific needs that are underserved by existing institutions, develop effective and practical ways of addressing them, and then deftly articulate both to the public. Those steps are difficult enough to get right individually, let… Read More »Muses: DIY spectroscopy

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