Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle

[ninasafiri]

Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.

The exploit is published on Sunday in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, where -- exceptionally in scientific publishing -- both

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[clevermanka]

We wanted to see if human intuition could succeed where automated methods had failed

Suck it, robot overlords.

[mandalaya]

This is so cool!

[brewsternorth]

That is awesome. (And reminds me of how Valve has been handing out copies of Portal to teach kids spatial reasoning. The best games intersect closely with science!)

Two awesome gifs to sum up my feelings

[wrestlingdog]

[carmy_w]

Adding my vote to the "This is so cool!" list!