Fun Fact # 276 Heroes of The Zooniverse

 Fun Fact # 276

Heroes of The Zooniverse

Have you ever wanted to be a source on an Academic paper (In a good way)? Owned and Operated by “The Citizen’s Science Alliance '', Zooniverse is the largest web portal to connect Citizens and Companies with projects to further scientific research and help the world. From Crowd Computing, to organizing Volunteers for research, The Zooniverse has done it all. As an example some of these projects range from “Planet Hunters” who seek out and name dangerous Exoplanets, to even projects as obscure as Saint George on a Bike (Captioning Paintings), or Etch A Cell (Biology Illustrators). The best part is you get credit and a say in what becomes of the Scientific discoveries you help make. They even make games to help fund their research or collect Data.