How everyday people are helping make scientific breakthroughs

Why let scientists have all the fun? In the past few decades, “citizen scientists” from the general public have been recruited for down-to-earth non-technical skills. And thanks to cloud collaboration tools like Dropbox, it’s easier than ever to connect and analyze data. Think of this ground team as the ultimate remote workforce, contributing observational and pattern-detecting talents to projects that make a major scientific impact. Here’s how it works. 

To learn more about how Supercluster uses Dropbox to collaborate remotely, check out:

• Chatting space journalism in 2020 with Supercluster
• Meet the ground team telling the next wave of space stories