At 15, Nidhi Thirthamattur is one of more than 60 co-authors on a study to assess the accuracy of measurements of liverworts, tiny plants the size of an eyelash that are sensitive to climate change.“You don’t need a Ph.D.” to do scientific research, said Nidhi, a student at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville.For the … Continue reading ‘We need people power:’ How visitors to the Field Museum are helping with scientific research