(Refeed) Gamers and Genomics
People around the world spend an estimated 3 billion hours playing computer games every week. That might seem like a colossal waste of time, but scientists are starting to harness some of that effort to solve vexing problems in biology. Take, for example, a game developed by a pair of scientists in Canada.\nThis podcast was produced by Sam Eaton for NOVA and PRI's "The World."\n\nFor more global environmental stories, visit:\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/\nhttp://www.theworld.org/category/topics/environment/\n\nFunding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.