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The NYT turns to Crowd Science

October 15, 2014 ~ Joshua Gans ~ Leave a comment

Some years ago, what is now called Zooniverse, had the great idea to involve the crowd in assisting in scientific endeavours. It started with the classification of galaxies before moving on to other topics such as the classification of cyclones, the identification of Antarctic penguins and coding weather from shipping logs. This was pure science … Continue reading The NYT turns to Crowd Science

The crowd finds new exo-planets

October 17, 2012 ~ Joshua Gans ~ Leave a comment

Astronomers have confirmed the first discovery of a planet in a four star system. But one of the interesting aspects was how it was found. PH1 was spotted first by two users of the Planet Hunters website combing through the mounds of data captured by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, a photometer, or light meter telescope, launched into orbit … Continue reading The crowd finds new exo-planets

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