Space science
What is the farthest object humans can see?
To the naked eye, the night sky has more than 9,000 points of light, but this observable part is only a small corner of the universe.
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Science invention
Important inventions of the Dutch
The Netherlands is a small country but plays an important role in the history of great inventions.
Science story
Top 12 body features that seem normal but are rare, not everyone can own
Try to check if you have the following strange body features!
Oceanography
Discovering super rare fish in the sea
Drum-eye fish, living 600-800m above the surface of the water (called the twilight zone or mesozoic), fish with a transparent head that encases the eyes upward like mesm…
Medicine - Health
Corneal extracted from pig skin can restore vision for blind people
Bioengineered corneas have restored vision to people with impaired vision, including those who were blind before they were transplanted.
Medicine - Health
What happens to the human eye if the heart and brain stop working?
After the brain, the eyeball is the second most complex organ in the body. It is estimated that the human eye processes 24 million different images in a lifetime, accoun…
Health
Why does sleep loss make our eyes itchy?
Your eyes can itch because harmful oxygen molecules side effect damage the corneal cells and long-term sleep deprivation leads to corneal cell death.
Animal world
What is special about fish eyes to make them see clearly underwater?
The aspherical lens at the fisheye helps to compensate for the lack of refraction and better focus the image on the fovea - the area of clear vision.
Discover science
Future technology in human imagination 1955
Some of these imaginary technologies have become very familiar today.
Conquer Mars
The rover found the scary 'evil eye' on Mars
The newly discovered crater shows that the geological composition of the Martian surface is very complex and diverse.
Science story
Why do people see mountains in the distance blue?
Although purple light is the light with the shortest wavelength, blue light is the light that people see most when looking away from the mountains.
Health
The definition of death has been shaken: Scientists revive a pair of human eyes that died after 5 hours
This will shake the definition of death, especially the process of brain death in the absence of oxygen that is thought to be irreversible.
Archeology
World's oldest fake eye discovered
The prosthetic eye discovered in Iran was born around 2900 - 2800 BC and is still located in the eye socket of a woman's skull.
1001 mystery
The Mystery of the Inuit's 'Crystal Eye'
Dubbed the 'Crystal Eye' of the Inuit, Pingualuit Crater was once a destination for explorers looking for diamonds. But its real treasures are the stories its deep seas…
Science story
Why did scientists once think that the retina of the dead is the place to store memories?
In the history of criminal investigation, there have been many examples of investigators trying to discover new techniques to identify criminals.