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Tag: Eyes and Eyesight

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How Two Neuroscientists View Optical Illusions

June 26, 2025June 27, 2025Katrina MillerComments Off on How Two Neuroscientists View Optical Illusions

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

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Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025Alan Burdick, Emily Anthes and Ruru KuoComments Off on Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

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Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out

May 1, 2025Gregory Barber and Sasha ArutyunovaComments Off on Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out

There are many ways to lose an eye. Christina Leitzel wants people to know that there are also many ways to gain a new one.

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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

April 25, 2025April 26, 2025Michael S. RosenwaldComments Off on David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an operating room.

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Saving Children’s Eyesight and Their Future in Mozambique

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025Kang-Chun Cheng and Stephanie NolenComments Off on Saving Children’s Eyesight and Their Future in Mozambique

One doctor is showing nurses, teachers and parents how to spot eye problems, many of which can be easily treated. Surgery, and even just glasses, can be life-changing, and keep kids in school.

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‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer

October 4, 2024October 5, 2024Lynsey AddarioComments Off on ‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer

Sonya Liakh was diagnosed with eye cancer at age 2. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted her treatment, her family faced a desperate struggle.

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A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon’s Doctors to the Limit

September 21, 2024September 21, 2024Euan WardComments Off on A Week of Chaos Pushes Lebanon’s Doctors to the Limit

Exploding wireless devices maimed thousands. An Israeli airstrike on Friday flattened two buildings. Many doctors, exhausted, wonder how the country will cope if violence continues.

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An English Shepherd Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

August 16, 2024Amelia NierenbergComments Off on An English Shepherd Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness.

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Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows

April 4, 2024ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows

A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.

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Security Forces in Iran Have Blinded Hundreds of Protesters

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022Cora EngelbrechtComments Off on Security Forces in Iran Have Blinded Hundreds of Protesters

Security forces have been firing ammunition that has ruptured the eyes of antigovernment demonstrators in the past two months. “Everything went dark,” one said.

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