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Team Gene: Nature vs. Nurture, an Epigenetic Battle!

Epigenetics is a field of study focused on alterations in gene expression that do not involve changes on the underlying DNA sequence. …

Nucleotides are the basic units of nucleic acids. They are monomeric units – molecules that react together with other monomeric molecules to …

Gregor Mendel certainly deserved his title as the “father of modern genetics” for his botany studies of inherited traits. But his discoveries …

Your genes make you you! Today we are all familiar with DNA, or Deoxyribonucleic acid, a polymer that carries the genetic instructions for …

You all know the saying: April showers bring accuracy flowers! And what does good accuracy bring? Badges and bonuses! We are once …

Now that we’re into the back half of March, it’s once again your monthly opportunity to gauge your tracing accuracy against your …

Woohoo! Although the final bell has sounded, the memory of Eyewire’s Chemical Curiosities will live on through the achievements you earned today, …

How’s that for our first marathon of the year? This 761-cube marathon cell finished in 23 hours 29 minutes, along with 1 …

Wow! What a wild chemical reaction. Unlike most times when acids and bases meet, however, Eyewire hasn’t neutralized, but rather come out …

As we hinted in our VS post’s information about the pH scale, electromagnetism has a role to play in chemistry as much …

In 2020, Eyewire HQ brought you the original Acid vs. Base competition. This week, in the spirit of Chemical Curiosities, we’re coming …

How have you been enjoying our Chemical Curiosities so far? Learning new things? Itching to show off what you already know? Either …