science

Retina Journey: Awards!

Eyewire’s Journey to the Center of the Retina has completed, and it’s time turn an eye to our amazing participants! Look below …

Go go team Amacrine, you really starbursted onto the scene, and crossed the finish line with gusto! Congrats on taking home the …

The retinal signal has reached its final destination before exiting the retina! The Ganglion Cell Layer of the retina is chock-full of …

Bipolar cells are communication facilitators between the photoreceptors and the ganglion cells. They are called “bipolar” because of their shape – …

Photoreceptors! The first stop on our journey through the retina. Photoreceptors are actually located at the back of the retina, which means …

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 …

It was a rocky battle, but in the end there could only be one winner! Congrats to all our stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, …

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

Sea caves form around a rocky coast line, where the ocean etches away at the cliff face in a process called mechanical …

You probably remember stalactites and stalagmites from school – (remember “c” for “ceiling,” and “g” for “ground). But let’s try exploring another …

While many caves form by the slow erosion of minerals over time, lava tubes are a speedy form of cave creation. These …