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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is like looking for a subatomic particle in an limitless haystack. As if that weren't difficult enough, the particle in question needs to be of a technological civilization in order to attract the attention of those searching for signs of intelligence.

Obviously a quest of such immense proportions requires a team effort, and you can be a part of that team with SETI@home.

SETI@home, which is not a project of the SETI Institute, is an experiment designed to borrow otherwise idle internet-connected computers like yours to analyze small chunks of the vast amounts of data collected for the Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations (Project SERENDIP). SERENDIP uses the Arecibo Radio Telescope, in Puerto Rico, to detect radio signals from space.

As your part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, you download a screen saver. That's it. When your computer is idle, the screen saver (which is actually a sophisticated piece of scientific software) downloads SERENDIP data for analysis. Once the analysis is complete a report is sent to the UC Berkeley SETI Program, which runs SETI@home and SERENDIP.

Your only reward is the satisfaction that comes with knowing you are helping with the search. But that should be more than enough because you really don't do anything after you download the screen saver, which, by the way, is free to download.