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You Too Can Be A Bioengineer

Protein Scientist David Baker and game designer Zoran Popović have created an online game called Foldit that they hope will become the future of protein engineering. You can download and play the game for free, and you’ll be doing actual bioengineering!
Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of [...]

Go - An Ancient and Venerable Game

Many people think of chess as the ultimate strategy game. I have to disagree.
I believe that Go is the ultimate strategy game. It has simpler rules, more elegant strategy, and is more than a thousand years older than chess. It is also played by more people worldwide than Western chess.
The rules are simple. Go is [...]