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Pinhole pupilloplasty is a simple and low-cost solution to restore vision in patients with highly aberrated corneas and can be a valid alternative to corneal transplantation. “This new application ...
A teacher who told a pupil he was “good at guessing sizes” of female bras has been banned from the classroom. Antony Jones, 59, who taught science at Humphry Davy School in Penzance, Cornwall ...
As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.
It is crucial to emphasise pupil dilation doesn’t automatically mean someone is aroused. Interpreting pupil dilation requires context, and you can’t assume big pupils means the person is attracted to ...
In romance novels and online advice columns, enlarged pupils are commonly enlisted as imagery to indicate sexual arousal and attraction. So, what’s the science say?
New research suggests your pupils may reflect how clearly you remember something.
The size of these fluctuations is theoretically large enough to influence our visual perception. It may therefore be that our vision subtly shifts within a single breath between optimising for ...
The peripheral drift illusion causes us to perceive motion in a still image. A new study shows that the mechanism of this illusion relies on changes in pupil size.
Business Insider reviewed a copy of xAI's internal organizational chart. Elon Musk's direct reports include Igor Babuschkin, Ross Nordeen, Jimmy Ba, Jared Birchall, and Daniel Rowland. The ranks ...
For the first time, researchers have been able to observe how the pupils react during sleep over a period of several hours. A look under the eyelids showed them that more happens in the brain ...
A new study reveals that pupil size fluctuates constantly during sleep, reflecting changes in brain activation levels.