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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Podcast: Galaxy Zoo and old weather: exploring the potential of citizen science (UK)

Podcast: Galaxy Zoo and old weather: exploring the potential of citizen science (UK)A team at Oxford University has launched a range of 'citizen science' projects, all aimed at delivering real research through the efforts of a large community of public volunteers. 'Old Weather' is the first non-astronomical project for the team and asks members of the public to transcribe Royal Navy ships logs from the First World War - to date more than 2 million entities have been transcribed - UK National Archives

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