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Journey to the Center of the Retina

Eyewire has hosted many competitions throughout the years, but surprisingly we’ve never done one that explores the subject of our entire citizen …

Eyewire Goes Spelunking has completed,Eyewire Goes Spelunking has completed, and it’s time to honor our daring spelunkers! Look below to see who …

Karst is a fascinating type of landscape that contains caves, sinkholes, and underground rivers. Karst caves are also called “solution” caves, and …

Hopefully you were able to witness this year’s spectacular solar eclipse! The 2024 solar eclipse was visible across the the US, Canada, …

Mammal Mania has come to a close. Thanks to all who participated, let’s take one more look at all you’ve achieved! Here’s to another …

Intelligence can be measured in a variety of ways, and many highly intelligent mammals from a variety of mammalian orders come out …

Bats are so cool (and abundant) that they get their own animal order – Chiroptera! Bats are the only mammals capable of …

Perhaps you enjoyed Eyewire’s previous competition Reptile Pile, an ode to all creatures scaly and ectothermic. But now it’s time to bring …

Thanks for joining Team Gene and getting deep into the deoxyribonucleic acid with us! We can tell you climbed to the top rung …

Congrats, Eyewirers! You finished the 596-cube marathon cell in 21 hours 16 minutes, along with 4 additional cells! With this, our events …

Sure, nurture plays its part, but whether inherited from birth or activated via epigenetic markings, isn’t it truly all nature at play …

Chromosomes are long, threadlike structures made of a single molecule of DNA that contains all or part of an organism’s genetic material. …