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From Associated press this morning:
"It came with wobbly writing and hand-drawn diagrams, but an elementary school science project has made it into a peer-reviewed journal from Britain's prestigious Royal Society. Biology Letters published a report Wednesday conducted and written by 8-10 year olds from an English elementary school investigating the way bumblebees see colors and patterns. The scientific organization said the children reported findings that where genuine advance in the field of insect color and pattern vision. Working with a neuroscientist from University College London, the children carefully documented their methodology".
See more details here http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/BlackawtonBees.xhtml
If needed, another strong example of what can be achieved when the right circumstances are created to make citizens be active part of the scientific endeavor.
Nice holidays to everyone,
Walter

Walter Staveloz
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