Take This Simple Test to Find Out How Good (Or Bad) Your Eyesight Is

Concerned about your vision? The video above provides a quick test to determine how good your eyesight is — and then lets you compare your vision with other people around you.

 What 20/20 Vision Really Means

It’s a way to measure the smallest angle we need between the edges of things in order to see them clearly, compared with other people.

 Why Victorians feared modern technology would make everyone blind

From concerns over blue light to digital strain and dryness, headlines today often worry how smartphones and computer screens might be affecting the health of our eyes. But while the technology may be new, this concern certainly isn’t. Since Victorian times people have been concerned about how new innovations might damage eyesight.

Can Certain Foods Improve Eyesight?

Mom always said to eat those carrots—they’ll improve your eyesight. Some people attribute that old belief to World War II propaganda that claimed munching on carrots was the reason British pilots had perfect night vision (they were actually using radar). Is there a kernel of truth in Mom’s pleas? Not really, says one expert...

How do animals see in the dark?

On a moonless night, light levels can be more than 100m times dimmer than in bright daylight. Yet while we are nearly blind and quite helpless in the dark, cats are out stalking prey, and moths are flying agilely between flowers on our balconies.

If Your Kids Are Glued to Their iPads, It’s Probably a Good Idea to Unglue Them

Remember when your parents warned that sitting too close to the TV would hurt your eyes? I didn’t really believe it either, but now that I’m a parent to a 6-year-old who yearns to stare at an iPad all day, I can’t help but revisit the issue. Is it possible that our children’s ubiquitous use of tablets, computers, and televisions harms their vision?

Is there any way to improve one's eyesight?

The answer will depend on why the eyesight needs improving. Might I offer the following set of hints and suggestions:...

Never Mind Eyesight, Your Nose Knows Much More

The human eye can distinguish more than 2 million distinct colors. But scientists studying smell now say they have their vision colleagues beat: The human nose, they say, can distinguish more than a trillion different smells. Yes, trillion with a T.

Our Eyes, and How to Take Care of Them

THE form of the eye, its structure, and its powers, call forth fresh admiration as they successively claim our attention. Its form affords the greatest resistance to external violence, and is most perfectly adapted for the fulfilment of the function of vision ; as it allows of the continued exercise of its powers during the act of turning the eye, which could have been accomplished in no other way.

Our peripheral vision is far more sophisticated than we thought

So next time you enjoy a glass of wine over dinner, you might feel safe in the knowledge that your visual senses have evolved to allow you to successfully pick up the glass without directly looking at it. Just remember to keep it on the table below your eyes. Put it on a shelf above eye level and there’s a much greater chance that the wine ends up all over the table – or worse.

People In Poor Communities Are More Likely To Lose Eyesight

Vision loss and blindness can be devastating, isolating people and increasing their risk of illness and death. And that burden falls hardest on people in poor communities, especially in the South.

Simple eye care could improve sight of more than 1 billion people – report

Operation could have corrected vision of many ‘overnight’, while 800 million struggle because they lack access to glasses, according to WHO

The Pandemic Made Kids’ Eyesight Worse, Doctors Say

Eye doctors say they’re seeing more children with new or worsening vision problems. Increased screen time, they believe, bears part of the blame.

These daily habits could be damaging your vision, according to a top optometrist

And while you might think you’re pretty clued up on the sorts of things that cause your eyes to feel sore (hello too much screen time and hayfever), there are actually a whole bunch of daily habits that cause be causing your eyes damage without you even realising.

Weak Sight

THE inability to use the eyes continuously, without pain or confusion of vision, for near work, as in reading, writing, and like occupations, constituting the affection called asthenopia, or weak sight, is so prevalent in this country that a wider knowledge of the nature and management of the disorder would seem to be of some importance.

‘Eyesight Compromised. Could Go Blind.’

In “The Beauty of Dusk,” Frank Bruni grapples with the effects of a stroke and finds solace — and wisdom — in talking to people who have suffered similar losses.