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Gamers solve 36 million puzzles… for science! (and loot)

“SOME 700,000 PLAYERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE GAME THAT ANALYSES DNA FROM GUT BACTERIA”

Back at the start of April, a team of scientists and coders set up a mini-game inside the world of in the hope that the game’s huge playerbase would lend their brainpower to identifying

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