links for 2011-02-28

• How to Grow Your Own Army of Citizen Scientists - ScienceInsider
  "Astronomy, the oldest science, is one of the few that still has ample room for citizen scientists. We can't all build particle accelerators or experiment with gene splicing, but anyone can participate here."

  About Galaxy Zoo.

  
  
  (tags: molecularist astronomy science citizenscience cool)
  
  
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  An Infant's Refined Tongue - ScienceNOW
  
  
  "Your baby's language skills may surprise you. Before they speak—before they even crawl—infants can distinguish between two languages they've never heard before just by looking at the face of a speaker."

  Interesting.

  
  
  (tags: science language humans brain molecularist)