Awakening Your Inner Scientist Foldit game engages the public in research Do you lament weak public interest in science? Worry that relentless advances in computer power are supplanting brain power? Take heart. Legions of people who may not know a peptide from a quark are discovering their inner scientist and are proving that the brain can still beat a computer. An intriguing computer game conceived on the slopes of Mount Rainier and launched into global cyberspace at the University of Washington is proving that science is cool.

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