I've previously referenced Tim Gowers' collaborative Polymath Project (using the power of many to solve difficult math problems), and here's another nice article on it from Scientific American:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=problem-solved-tic-tac-toe-blog
The polymath blog is here:
http://polymathprojects.org/
And here's a more general wiki-page of various polymath projects:
http://michaelnielsen.org/polymath1/index.php?title=Main_Page
Lastly, in a related note, this recent interesting NY Times story reports how (non-scientist) video gamers have contributed to the understanding of complex biological protein-folding through the competitive (and collaborative) use of a video game created for such purposes:
http://tinyurl.com/2gx3hw4
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