Question

A group of researchers at Stanford University developed software that can be used to distribute the processing of data to anyone who is willing to donate time on their idle personal computers. As a result, the researchers have been able to achieve protein-folding simulations that are far better than those other computing methods have done. Which statement best describes the work of these researchers?
The work is not scientific because the data are not processed in one location.
The work is not scientific because the simulations are not reproducible.
The researchers applied creativity to solve a problem in running an experiment.
The researchers used only well-established scientific techniques.

Answer 1

The researchers applied creativity to solve a problem in running an experiment.

Explanation: Using volunteers' idle computers for distributed processing is an innovative (creative) way to get the compute power needed; it doesn't make the work unscientific or nonreproducible, nor does it mean only “well‑established” techniques were used.