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DistributedFolding.org … it’s a lot like SETI@Home but here on Earth. And much more likely to yield immediate, fruitful results. The long & short? Proteins. Proteins get all bunched up and folded when made and somehow (no one’s really sure how yet) these proteins get turned into cells and enzymes and all those other complex macromolecules and conglomerations of molecules that make up the chemistry that yields biology. Yeah… And since is the stuff that my dad does — the stuff I grew up around — I feel a bit tighter/closer connection to it than the (almost?) pipe-dream of finding signs of intelligent life embedded somewhere in all that background noise.

Anyway, the implications of the Distributed Folding Project are pretty heady and definitely cool. And everyone should get in on this one if they’re not already. Lend a little processor down time to the cause! (Plus, you get a cool little screensaver out of the whole deal!)

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