And you thought mapping neurons was easy
There are about 85 billion neurons in one human brain. These are all branches of just one cell: a starburst neuron in the …
Introducing Profiles in EyeWire
We’re delighted to debut profiles in EyeWire. In the new home view on eyewire.org, you will see at bottom left three icons …
Meet Seung Lab: Claire O’Connell (on graduation day!!)
Meet Claire O’Connell, EyeWire’s Director of Education, who graduated from MIT today with a degree in Cognitive Sciences! This summer, Claire will …
Connectome is Now Available in Paperback: Win a Signed Copy!
Sebastian Seung‘s book, Connectome, named one of the top 10 nonfiction books in 2012 by the Wall Street Journal, is now available in …
Announcing the Winners of the Ketta Competition!
Results are in and records are broken! Congrats to KETTA for winning the Ketta Competition on EyeWire! 2nd place goes to @jamiexq and …
What is the highest resolution humans can distinguish?
EyeWire is all about understanding vision. Today guest blogger Paul King answers a question rarely considered question: just how well can a …
CLARITY makes clear brains (and awesome GIFs)
CLARITY makes brains (and other tissue) clear. “This is probably one of the most important advances for doing neuroanatomy in decades,” says Thomas …
The 24 Hour Ketta Competition, Coming April 21, 2013
First there was the CrazyMan Challenge. Then there was the @a5hm0r Challenge. Now it’s time for the next chapter in EyeWire player …
Infographic: Obama’s BRAIN Initiative
An infographic explains President Obama’s new $100M BRAIN Initiative. The White House calls the BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) …
Breaking Records Doing Science
Last night @crazyman4865, a previous Daily Top Score Recordholder in EyeWire, declared a battle for victory over @a5hm0r who dethroned him last week. …
EyeWire Wins the World Life Sciences Forum Catalyzer Prize!
Eyewire at Biovision from AREACTION films on Vimeo. This week, Claire O’Connell and Amy Robinson presented EyeWire at Biovision, The World Life …
New All-Time Top Daily Score
Congrats to @crazyman4865 who just demolished EyeWire’s previous top daily score record by over 20,000 points! He scored an astounding 70,507 points …