Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

On the heels of its acquisition by Ocuphire Pharma, Opus is planning next steps for its Leber congenital amaurosis type 5 ...

Nick Kharufeh's vision was restored after receiving a stem cell transplant in 2020. He now advocates for the treatment, ...

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

The internet is again abuzz with a brain-scrambling optical illusion that left users doubting their eyesight. A viral photo that initially seems like ...

Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the ...

Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, now leads the US Department of Health and Human Services. What was surprising about ... Acharya is an ophthalmologist, or eye doctor, who studies inflammatory ...

Sir Elton John broke down in tears for 45 minutes when questioning how much time he has left. The music icon, who turns 78 on ...

Swelling under the eye can develop for various reasons, from mild conditions, such as allergies or blocked tear ducts, to more severe conditions, such as organ failure. If a person has swelling ...

Their approach enabled them to infer the presence of ancestral populations that left no direct fossil evidence. By developing an advanced computational tool called cobraa, the researchers modeled how ...

such as behind the left eye. It may feel throbbing, sharp, or piercing. Most people will experience a headache at some point in their life. Some headaches are minor and resolve with home treatment ...

One of the smallest human relatives ever found has been unearthed in South Africa. Standing just 3 feet, 4.5 inches (1.03 meters) tall, the adult Paranthropus robustus, who died 2 million years ...