Three years ago I downloaded a program that would make my desktop PC part of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. Distributed computing has come a long way since then. This special feature provides links to excellent resources on the topic, including projects like medical research around cancer and AIDS.
Links
[1] https://www.pambazuka.org/author/contributor
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3305
[3] https://www.pambazuka.org/article-issue/58
[4] https://www.pambazuka.org/category/ict-media-security
[5] http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/6558