Tags: Eyes

Tarantula Spiders Don't Need Any Measuring Scales To Calculate Distance, They Have Lateral Eyes

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 04.23.2017 18:16 PM

Ability to measure the direction and the perception of distance makes tarantula spiders the ultimate navigator. Autonomous University of Madrid researchers found tarantula use their four pairs of lateral eyes to calculate the angle of polarized light which gives them the direction.

Study Says Dyslexia Is Not Related to Eye Sight

05.26.2015 18:37 PM

Researchers have been searching for causes for dyslexia for years now, but a new study out of England has found that it is not connected to bad eyesight. Patients that had near perfect vision were diagnosed with dyslexia at the same rates as those who did not.

Dress Gate—The Dress Color Debate

02.28.2015 00:53 AM

You probably caught a glimpse of it on your Facebook news feed at least once if not several times over the last few days. Here's how it worked: First, you look at the image and then determine what color the dress is. Is it white? Is it blue?

eSight Glasses Give Blind Mother New Sight & The Ability to See Her Son for the First Time

01.26.2015 23:00 PM

Imagine bringing a child into the world but never meeting him, visually speaking. Unfortunately, that's the reality for many legally blind mothers―but eSight aim's to change that.

Tags: Eyes

Tarantula Spiders Don't Need Any Measuring Scales To Calculate Distance, They Have Lateral Eyes

Study Says Dyslexia Is Not Related to Eye Sight

Dress Gate—The Dress Color Debate

eSight Glasses Give Blind Mother New Sight & The Ability to See Her Son for the First Time

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