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To accompany this week’s feature article on distributed computing, How brainpower is solving ‘uncomputable’ problems, we’ve put together this list of distributed computing systems that you can get involved in. By playing online games, or just running software while your computer is idle, you can help advance science.

Games

Solve the puzzle of protein folding by playing the addictive online game,

Play a selection of computer-boosting games at

Improve Google’s image search results by labelling random images with

Classify the universe’s vast swarms of galaxies on

Software

If you’re computer isn’t doing anything, why not let it work on protein folding with

Help forecast the climate for the 21st century with

Help scientists understand protein folding by running

Be the first person to find a message from aliens with