Tag: Vision
Do dogs really see in just black and white?
Nancy Dreschel, Pennsylvania State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Curious Kids: Why do people look into space with telescopes but...
Silas Laycock, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Blind people have increased opportunities, but employers’ perceptions are still a...
Michele McDonnall, Mississippi State University and Jennifer L. Cmar, Mississippi State University
Communities across the world observe White Cane Day on Oct. 15 to recognize...
Curious Kids: How do my eyes adjust to the dark and...
Mark D. Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an...
Long before Armstrong and Aldrin, artists were stoking dreams of space...
Anne Collins Goodyear, Bowdoin College
In the midst of the space race, Hereward Lester Cooke, the former co-director of the NASA Art Program, observed, “Space...
A cooler ocean predator than sharks? Consider the mantis shrimps
Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is...
Languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors...
Ted Gibson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Bevil R. Conway, National Institutes of Health
People with standard vision can see millions of distinct colors. But...