The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...

The Museum of Jurassic Technology stands as California’s monument to the wonderfully weird – a place where fact and fiction dance so closely together you’ll stop caring which is which. You’ve likely ...

The “No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again” collection presents letters sent to the Mount Wilson Observatory between ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking. Inside swam an “iridescent” creature with a “gem”-like pattern. Something ...

From Little Africa to the jazz cafes where Josephine Baker performed, here’s where to immerse yourself in the art, food, and ...

Several genetic markers contribute to our final eye color shade. A baby born with blue eyes can have brown eyes by their 1st birthday.

Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work even when people have their eyes closed.

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night ...

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed Date: May 22, 2025 Source: Cell Press Summary: Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact ...

A Maryland man who prosecutors say referred to himself as the "Master of Mutilation" faces charges for using social media to order secessionist fighters to maim and kill people in Cameroon, the ...