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[MagickMuffin]

SETI@home

Forget X-Files. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a real scientific effort seeking an answer to the question, "Does intelligent life exist in the Milky Way beyond Earth?" One tool SETI researchers use in their work is radio SETI, which listens for artificial radio signals coming from other stars. SETI@home allows you to join the effort to find ET.



Climateprediction.net

Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment trying to produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. Climate change and our response to it are issues of global importance, affecting food production, water resources, ecosystems, energy demand, insurance costs, and more. There is a broad scientific consensus that the Earth will probably warm over the coming century; climateprediction.net may, for the first time, tell us what is most likely to happen.



Einstein@home

Albert Einstein discovered long ago that we are adrift in a universe filled with waves from space. Colliding black holes, collapsing stars, and spinning pulsars create ripples in the fabric of space and time that subtly distort the world around us. These gravitational waves have eluded scientists for nearly a century. Through exciting new experiments, scientists will catch the waves in action, opening a whole new window on the universe—but scientists need your help to do it.


Predictor@home

The goal of Predictor@home is to answer biomedical questions and investigate protein-related diseases. Every function of a living cell depends on proteins. Proteins are made from a sequence of amino acids, and this project tries to predict what kinds of protein structures will develop from different sequences. There are many new theoretical methods for predicting protein structure, and Predictor@home allows you to help scientists test and evaluate these methods.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/involved/distrib.html




I didn't know if anyone was aware of these programs and if anyone would be interested in participating in them, so I thought I would see if anyone wanted to join up.

[I Have A Dream]

1. No, I wasn't aware of these programs before now, MagickMuffin.

Thanks for bringing it here. I'm going to check out the website as well.

[MagickMuffin]

2. I usually forget about their Wednesday broadcast, however they rebroadcast in my area

a couple more early in the morning. I wish I could remember the times, IIRC it's 1:00 am Saturday and 4:00 am Monday. We're having a pledge drive so my area won't be rerunning them again this week.

I've learned some interesting news watching the programs.

How cool would it be to be the first person to receive "THE" signal from ET's.

I haven't signed up for it yet, but have been considering it. I would need to set up a dedicated computer for that.

Definitely check out their site, they have very interesting discoveries.