Project Discovery: Could computer games help find a cure for COVID-19?

<p>In a previous episode of the <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/science-focus-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Science Focus Podcast</em></a><em>,</em> we discovered how a team of scientists harnessed the combined power of hundreds of thousands of players of the massively multiplayer online game <em>Eve Online</em> to help in the <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/project-discovery-and-its-search-for-exoplanets/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">search for exoplanets</a>.</p><p>Now, the next phase of this programme, called Project Discovery, is turning its sights from the stars to the <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/tag/coronavirus/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">coronavirus pandemic</a>.</p><p>This week we speak to scientists Ryan Brinkman and Jerome Waldispuhl, and Project Discovery’s creator Atilla Szantner about why they intend to turn gamers into citizen scientists to help find a cure for COVID-19.</p><p>Let us know what you think of the episode with a review or a comment wherever you listen to your podcasts.</p><ul><li><strong>Subscribe</strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Science Focus Podcast</em>&nbsp;on these services:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acast</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-focus-podcast/id1296673906?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/immediate-media-2/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://rss.acast.com/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1296673906/science-focus-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Overcast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/the-science-behind-project-discovery-podcast-transcript/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the full transcription</a></li></u