Stages of Sleep
Experiments have proved lack of sleep as a cause of death. Lab mice that are deprived of sleep…
Eye
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Death
We woke at the thud, panicked. My wife and I had been dozing in bed, squeezing the last…
In the Eye
It was 3:45 pm. I was sitting crossed-legged with twenty other seven-year olds under a wall of flat…
Retina: the Mind-Boggler
The eye is a miracle as it is. Even though we have a rough understanding of its basic…
How Is Vision Possible in Total Darkness?
How can animals in the wild hunt during the night as if it were day? A remarkable biological…
I Do Not Kill Flies!
The flies are surely “acrobatic flight masters.” They can detect the necessary angle of lift-off depending on the…
Major Task for a Tiny Fiber
My name is fibrillin, also known as FBN. I am a protein whose synthesis starts while you are…
Light Photography
To be able to see we are in need of two blessings granted to us: the eye and…
Seeing Near: A Blessing We Take for Granted
There are so many blessings in life, granted to us free of charge, which we take for granted.…
Like It or Not, We All Like the Same Thing
There were some little puzzles that kept my mind busy all the time when I was a child.…
God, the Sun, and the Plant
Have you ever wondered why plants are green? K.A. Timiryazev, a prominent Russian scientist, answered this question first…
Camera Chips: Mimicking the Human Eye?
One day an optometrist was talking to his profoundly-blind patient about the possibility of an eye implant that…
Black Holes and Possible Depictions of the Judgment Day
The Day when We will roll up the heaven as written scrolls are rolled up. We will bring…
Pinhole Cameras, Imaging, and The Eye
Cameras, eyes, telescopes, microscopes are various imaging systems. In general, everyone knows that an imaging system has one…
Tears
Tears are poetry whose words are written in drops, expressing joy and grief, hope and despair. When consumed…