76
malaria, 38, 45
microbe research and
probiotic treatment, 29–31
patient-led research, 52–53
Melgert, Fred, 26
Mendel, Gregor, 9
Meyer, Nancy J., 52
Meysman, Filip, 59
Michelucci, Pietro, 46
microbes, 29–31
micrometeorites, 8,
10
Mission Creek Corrections
Center for Women (Belfair,
Washington), 29
monarch butterflies, 21–22,
23
Monarch Watch, 22–23
Moss-in-Prisons project, 29
Nadkarni, Nalini, 29
Nanjing, China, 58–59
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, 40–41
National Audubon Society,
5–6, 23–24
National Geographic Society,
26
National Institutes of Health,
32–33,
33
nature, sharing observations
of, 26
noise pollution, 28–29
Noise Tube, 28–29
ocean life
feeding habits, 35
kelp, 42
manatees, 42
sea grass, 25
Ocean Networks Canada, 35
Orangutan Nest Watch, 42
O’Toole, Amy, 20
Parker, Don, 13–14, 17
patient-led research, 52–53
PatientsLikeMe, 53
pattern recognition
by computers, 37, 41–42, 43
by humans, 35, 38–40
Philly Unleaded, 57–58
Phrase Detectives
(computer
game), 43
physics, 38
Planet Hunters, 39–40
plants
ash tree diseases, 45–46
desert flowers, 26
kelp, 42
in rainforests, 43
sea grass, 25
pollution
air, 59
fighting, 28–29
fracking chemicals, 55
marginalized communities
and, 52, 53–54
noise, 28–29
oil spills, 49–50, 56
water quality, 56–59
prison science, 29
probiotic therapies, 30–31
