Whether or not you have a background in science, you could help with the data for a lot of ongoing projects at www.zooniverse.org/ where " more than a million people around the world come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. . . . You don’t need any specialised background, training, or expertise to participate" There is more about it on their "about" page, and a list of the categories on their "Projects" page, from which you can find out more about the wide variety of projects which need volunteers - from transcribing the service records of African American soldier recruits to counting the dots in photos of bacteria samples in petri dishes of antibiotics. Something for everyone, and a great way of feeling useful while passing the time in lockdown.
July 23 Limerick (continuation of July 21)
