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Surely your laptop is faster at folding proteins than you? “Humans outperform computers in creativity,” said Koepnick. “Algorithmic research with supercomputers absolutely gives you a lot of answers, but they aren’t very diverse.” \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>“Human players,” he said, “go at it from all different angles and actual designs from players are getting tested in the lab. We take the digital designs players have created and rebuild them in the lab using standard molecular biology. 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There are a \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"https://fold.it/portal/node/2008951\">\u003Cem>beginner version\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem> and a \u003C/em>\u003Ca href=\"https://fold.it/portal/node/2008926\">\u003Cem>more advanced puzzle\u003C/em>\u003C/a>\u003Cem>.  \u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>Join a remote hackathon or moonlight as a volunteer\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>There are a growing number of resources seeking out skills-based volunteers and subject matter experts if you are looking for a project to join (or to start your own.) \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://helpwithcovid.com/projects?skill=Software&filters_open=true\">\u003Cstrong>Help with COVID\u003C/strong>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://helpwithcovid.com/projects?skill=Software&filters_open=true\">Help with COVID\u003C/a> is a pop-up forum that’s coordinating those helping. The creators describe it as a platform for “engineers & software developers, bio, medicine, and manufacturing experts”, and it has filters to help find projects or volunteers for different fields. \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://hackquarantine.com/\">\u003Cstrong>Hack Quarantine\u003C/strong>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://hackquarantine.com/\">https://hackquarantine.com\u003C/a> A global, virtual hackathon is underway from March 23rd to April 12th.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Global COVID Hackathon: \u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>This Thursday and Friday a number of tech leaders are planning a global tech hackathon. Join the channel: \u003Ca href=\"https://globalcovidhackathon.slack.com/\">https://globalcovidhackathon.slack.com/\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Contribute to datasets\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>If you're looking for data on when regions started implementing coronavirus related policy measures including lockdowns, a group has started an effort to \u003Ca href=\"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/16244/dataset-on-coronavirus-lockdowns-per-country-region-city\">build a dataset for it\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>So even though you are mostly confined to your home these days, there are many ways to help out. First and foremost, look after yourself and the people you are caring for. 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