Three Indie Science Project Ideas

People often have a sense that all the low-hanging scientific fruit has been picked, or that all the fruit that’s left can only be picked by huge teams with lots of funding. But in fact, there are still lots of projects that are just the right scale for Indie Science. Good ideas too — the big labs miss them because they seem low-prestige, because a null result would be embarrassing, or because they’re not a funding priority. Yet the subjects considered “prestigious” are always changing, as are funding priorities. And for the curious, null results can be perfectly interesting. (Science, after all, is all about alternative explanations.) These blind spots are an opportunity. So there are plenty of projects for people who want to answer questions and solve problems. Here are three of them: Creatine & PMS Creatine is a compound synthesized from three amino acids. Popular among gym bros for letting them push harder and build muscle faster, there are anecdotal reports that supplementing…