In this 2011 video, Boston University biologist Richard Primack explains how he and his research team used Henry David Thoreau’s nature observations from the 1850s to measure the effects of ...

Using observations from two citizen scientists, the authors investigated STEVE’s shape, finding that the purple colors peak at around 124 miles high, while the green bars peak about 68 miles up. Those ...

Fact-checking Thoreau's observations at Walden Pond shows how old diaries and specimens can inform modern research. by Tara K. Miller, Abe Miller-Rushing and Richard B. Primack, The Conversation ...

Observation can be combined with other methods to find out about people's experience interviews, 1-2-1 conversations, group discussions and activities: watching and responding to your participant’s ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

New research helps compile more than 130 years of on-the-ground flood observations to help communities and outside agencies prepare for and predict future floods. As fall storm season looms, so do ...

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s most mysterious planets.