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Eye Opening Benefits of Drinking Coffee

Coffee drinkers, rejoice! The next time you order that Extra Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte with Double Espresso, rest assured that the surge of caffeine may do more than simply open your eyes. According to a new study out of Cornell University, chlorogenic acid (CGA), a main ingredient in raw coffee, may promote eye health. In …

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Instagram-ify Your Sunglasses

If you're the type of person who'd rather see the world through an Instagram filter than with the naturally crisp and clear perspective that 20/20 vision affords you, we'd like to introduce you to Tens. Tens are tinted sunglasses featuring a CR-39 polymer frame and UV400 protectives lenses that reproduce the warm, saturated look shared …

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Work Out to Prevent Retinal Disease

With swim suit season in full swing, everyone is hitting the gym or yoga studio to get that rocking summer body. What if all that sweating and ab crunching could not only help you stay fit, but also help prevent the progress of retinal disease? Findings from a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, …

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If You Look Like This, You Need LASIK

Sticking your tongue out to concentrate. Turning down the car radio when you're lost. Squinting your eyes to see better. We've all been in these certain situations where our innate actions seem to completely (and embarrassingly) defy logic. Or do they? As it turns out, squinting might just be backed by science. Just ask anyone …

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Seeing an Unseeable World

The universe is full of amazing visuals that even those with perfect vision can't see with the naked eye. This TED Talk video by Louie Schwartzberg, that came across our monitors by way of Petapixel, gives us a glimpse of the natural world's hidden miracles through time-lapse, slo mo and microscopic imagery. From these fascinating …

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Super POV

Admit it. At some point in time, we've all wanted to be just like Superman - faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. And for those of us in the eye care industry, you can't forget the super power of telescopic vision. Now, …

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The Resolution of the Human Eye

Right now, this very second, you are looking at a screen. In fact, at any given moment throughout the day, you're probably within arm's reach of at lease one screen. That's because they are literally everywhere these days. In our pockets, on our walls, on our laps, even on our faces. With each and every …

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Explaining Colors to a Blind Person

For most people, learning their basic colors is part of a fun-filled preschool curriculum. But for some people, like blind YouTuber Tommy Edison, learning the color wheel is beyond comprehension at any age. What he lacks in visual acuity he more than makes up for with insight and a sense of humor. And that's a …

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This Is Not Yellow – Crazy Color Knowledge from Vsauce

For most of us, colors are easy. We learn them when we're just toddlers. We recognize them and instinctively know that bananas are yellow, apples are red (but sometimes green), and the sky is blue. But when we see something that is yellow, are we actually seeing yellow? It depends where we're seeing it. Like …

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How Animals See the World

Animals are around us all the time. Whether they're in a zoo or in our homes as pets, they see us and we see them. But have you ever wondered if we are looking at the same thing? How do animals really see the world we live in? This awesome video posted by Buzz Feed …

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