Games That Let You Do Science for Real

io9 has a great article about games and science:

These kickass games let you do real-life science
Most of us would probably like to be citizen scientists, but we’re too busy — and yet we sink billions of hours into social gaming. So some savvy researchers are harnessing our love of gaming, to help advance the goals of science, using thousands of brains to sort through data. Here are eight games you can play… for science.

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(Hat-tip to Codey for the link!)