Interesting science-y game

[snabbott]

I came across this interesting science-y game where you try to fold proteins into the correct 3-D structure. You don't have to know science to play it, and it has a pretty good tutorial. Apparently, they're using results from the game to solve real protein structures, which is pretty cool!

http://fold.it/portal/

[wilco64256]

Yeah this is a fascinating concept, basically they're tapping into the gamer pool to solve real-life problems.  There was this movie a number of years ago (The Last Starfighter or something like that) that did something similar, but with aliens.

[snabbott]

I remember that movie! I saw it in the theater (which is proof that I'm old, since a bunch of you weren't even born yet ).