CITIZEN SCIENCE

Draw links between brain cells. Find newborn solar systems in space images. Or count birds and map out the effect of climate change on their migration. Apps and games make it fun to be an amateur scientist, and real scientists depend on your help.

Gathering data is easy - making sense of it is where a million heads are better than ten. We show you how to play your part... with apps!

COURTESY OF THE USC LABORATORY OF NEURO IMAGING AND ATHINOULA A. MARTINOS CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING, CONSORTIUM OF THE HUMAN CONNECTOME PROJECT – WWW.HUMANCONNECTOMEPROJECT.ORG The EyeWire project is a game, in which you score points by painting links between brain cells.