Almost 2.2 billion people suffer from some form of vision impairment— that’s almost 1 in every 4 person worldwide. Nearly half of these cases could have been prevented or are unaddressed. While LASIK remains the gold standard, helping patients achieve 20/20 vision in over 90% of the cases, it has […]

“Brain.exe has stopped working” became a famous meme on Reddit post-2010s, mimicking the classic Windows crash alert pop-up. It was a way to describe brain fog, when the brain literally “crashes” and has a hard time processing information and drawing inferences. Now, neural imaging and psychological testing show that under

The last time Colossal Biosciences claimed to resurrect an extinct species, it backfired so much that chief scientist Dr. Beth Shapiro had to address the criticism, saying it’s impossible to bring back an animal identical to one lost so long ago. Their creation was technically a “grey wolf with 20

If Einstein’s theory of relativity makes time stretch and compress, Schrödinger’s clock crumples time itself. Just like Schrödinger’s cat, which can be alive and dead simultaneously until observed, his clock can tick faster and slower at the same time. State-of-the-art quantum technology can possibly allow scientists to test this bizarre

Do you have sore, itchy eyes? It’s affecting millions due to their increased exposure to blue light from all the screen time. Steer clear of rubbing your eyes, or your eyelids will turn a shade of slight pinkish hue. The disease is called bixonimania, and researcher Lazljiv Izgubljenovic has studied

When I slowly spiraled into a life that seemed static, lacking emotions and the urge to make friends, I thought I might be a psychopath. Although I was later diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder, the immediate thought of being a “psychopath” resonated with the whole socially aloof ordeal, which wasn’t

Silent places like old mansions can be quite scary, but there’s a catch: silence isn’t actually what it seems to be. Hidden amidst the daily commotion in urban concrete, infrasound, an ultra-low frequency vibration below the range of human hearing, activates the stress hormone cortisol. The study, published in Frontiers

Leonardo da Vinci was the true definition of a Renaissance man, admired as a brilliant artist, inventor, and thinker. His ideas and art were ahead of their time, like a man from the future. The artist who painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper popularized the use of the golden