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As described on their web site at SETI@Home, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence project went on hiatus (a.k.a "hibernation") last year (2020). If you liked SETI@Home, check out U.C. Berkeley's scienceunited.org. There you'll find other BOINC-based scientific research projects looking for computing help in fields such as astronomy, physics, biomedicine, mathematics, and environmental science, including Universe@Home (astronomy), Cosmology@Home (astronomy), RNA World (molecular biology), and ClimatePrediction.net. Pick the ones that interest you... Some of these projects use open-source hardware tools from Public Lab that you might find interesting in their own right. For example, Public Lab offers a USB-connected spectroscope for $45 (as of 03/2015) as well as other innovative solutions for otherwise expensive gear... There's lots of real science work that is now progressing a lot faster or able to be a lot more comprehensive because people are volunteering to help collect..