The Science Of Gaming: The Foldit Multiplayer Computer Game

Game playing of all types has become a huge passtime for many and nearly an obsession for some. Now science is harnessing the power of gaming to solve complex problems. More than 57,000 people, many of them nonscientists, got involved in Foldit, a game designed to solve the puzzle of protein structure. A report in the Aug. 5 Nature discussed [...]