All My Friends Are Dead

ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA. Citizen Scientist 2.0 What does the future of science look like?About a year ago, I was asked this same question. My response was: Transdisciplinary collaboration. Researchers from a variety of domains—biology, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, economics, law—all coming together, using inputs from each specialized area to generate the best comprehensive solutions to society's more persistent problems. Indeed, it appears as if I was on the right track, as more and more academic research departments, as well as industries, are seeing the value in this type of partnership. Now let's take this even a step further. With the Open Science Summit coming up in less than a week (I know! The Key Role of Technology 'Citizen Science' has been around since the days of Darwin and Einstein, but today, modern technology has allowed for worldwide participation in projects and rapid analysis of data, making it a more streamlined, widely collaborative initiative. Even the government is starting to catch on. I have to agree.