Ars Technica
A thousand volunteers buried their underpants for science, and the results confirm that your garden is a microbial party while your lawn is a barren wasteland.
The Guardian Europe
Merlin app will now feed your bird identifications into a global database, just in time to record your dog as a duck.
ScienceDaily
A plant declared extinct for 60 years was rediscovered after a horticulturalist posted a photo on iNaturalist, proving that sometimes the best science happens when you stop and smell the flowers - and upload them to the internet.
NASA
NASA wants you to sort solar storm data, grow astronaut salad, or build a ham radio station - no space suit required, just a willingness to do the grunt work.
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