The BOINC platform got some new projects in the lineup. These projects research topics like: time and space structure, climate prediction, protein folding, particle physics and search of electromagnetic pulses…

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colonist from slashdot.org writes
Frank Drake, creator of SETI’s famous equation, says the
detection of extraterrestrial radio signals won’t work, because Earth’s own radio signal will only be around for 100 years.
More and more of Earth’s communications use cable and satellites, with no radio-frequency leakage to space. Instead, we should be looking for intentional signals in the form of high-powered lasers that could ‘outshine the sun by a factor of 10,000′. (more…)

slashdot.org member writes: “Based on the Drake Equation, Moore’s Law, and the Allen Telescope, a new prediction has been made that Earth will make first contact with aliens within 20 years.
Of course once we find the first aliens there’s the question of can we decode their signals, would they spot our reply, and what’s the lag time.”