71% matchScience & Curiosity
Citizen Science
Help real research by counting, measuring, and logging what you observe.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
Cheaper to startMore social
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Entomology
Get close to the insect world, and collect, identify, and understand it.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
Cheaper to start
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Meteorology
Read the sky and the data well enough to call tomorrow's weather.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
Cheaper to start
68% matchScience & Curiosity
Field Archaeology
Dig carefully and read the past straight out of the dirt.
OutdoorsMid-range gearDeep practice
More socialCheaper to start
62% matchNature & Outdoors
Astronomy
Learn the night sky by name, from planets to galaxies a million years away.
OutdoorsSolo focusNature observation
Cheaper to startEasier to start
60% matchScience & Curiosity
Genealogy
Trace your family back through records, names, and dead ends.
At homeSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startEasier to start
60% matchNature & Outdoors
Mushroom Cultivation
Grow gourmet mushrooms from spore to harvest at home.
At homeSolo focusLight physicality
Cheaper to start
59% matchScience & Curiosity
Paleography
Learn to read handwriting that's been illegible for centuries.
At homeSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startSteeper to learn
58% matchScience & Curiosity
Epigraphy
Read what was carved in stone thousands of years ago.
At homeSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startSteeper to learn
58% matchScience & Curiosity
Local History Research
Dig up the forgotten stories of the streets you live on.
OutdoorsAt homeSolo focus
Cheaper to startMore social
51% matchScience & Curiosity
Cryptography
Make and break codes, the math that keeps secrets secret.
At homeSolo focusResearch
Cheaper to startSteeper to learn
51% matchNature & Outdoors
Gardening
Put plants in soil and coax food and flowers out of the ground.
OutdoorsSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startEasier to start
51% matchNature & Outdoors
Herping
Go looking for snakes, frogs, and lizards where they actually live.
OutdoorsSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startMore physical
50% matchScience & Curiosity
Cryptozoology
Chase the evidence behind creatures science hasn't confirmed.
At homeSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startMore social
49% matchScience & Curiosity
Personality Typology
Map how people tick through the frameworks that try to explain us.
At homeSolo focusResearch
Cheaper to startMore social
49% matchNature & Outdoors
Beekeeping
Tend a hive of thousands and take a share of the honey they make.
OutdoorsSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startMore physical
49% matchScience & Curiosity
Ethnomusicology
Understand cultures through the music they make and why.
At homeSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startLess physical
49% matchNature & Outdoors
Hydroponics
Grow plants faster in water, with no soil and no weeds.
At homeSolo focusLight physicality
Cheaper to start
48% matchCollecting & Appreciation
Fossil Hunting
Split rock and meet a creature that died a hundred million years ago.
OutdoorsSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startMore social
47% matchScience & Curiosity
People Watching
Sit, watch, and read the quiet stories strangers tell without words.
OutdoorsSolo focusResearch
Cheaper to startEasier to start
46% matchNature & Outdoors
Aquascaping
Garden underwater: driftwood, stone, and plants composed into a living landscape.
At homeSolo focusLight physicality
Cheaper to start
46% matchNature & Outdoors
Birdwatching
Learn to name the birds around you by sight, song, and habit.
OutdoorsSolo focusLight physicality
Cheaper to startEasier to start
46% matchNature & Outdoors
Urban Farming
Grow real food in small city spaces, balcony to rooftop.
OutdoorsSolo focusMid-range gear
Cheaper to startEasier to start
45% matchNature & Outdoors
Foraging
Learn which wild plants and mushrooms are dinner, and which aren't.
OutdoorsSolo focusLight physicality
Cheaper to start