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The lens

Technology

Superhuman sight may be possible with lens that makes UV light visible

A nanocrystal-coated lens can convert ultraviolet light into bright green, extending the range of people's vision

macaque

Health

Brain stimulation device lets monkeys ‘see’ shapes without using eyes

Male broad-tailed hummingbird

Life

Birds and other animals may see colours that we cannot even imagine

Visual cortex

Health

People 鈥榮ee鈥� letters traced on their brain鈥檚 surface by an implant

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How DeepMind’s artificial intelligence is reinventing the eye exam

brittle star

Life

Some starfish-like animals see without eyes by changing body colour

basketballer in gorilla suit

Mind

If you don鈥檛 notice something within 1.5 seconds, you may never see it

Technology

Seeing around corners: How to decipher shadows to see the invisible

Joseph Plateau

Mind

Joseph Plateau鈥檚 spinning disc illusions were the forerunner of cinema

Technology

Yellow glasses don鈥檛 help night drivers spot dangers any faster

Yellow spectacles are supposed to improve a driver's vision at night but in tests people wearing them couldn't actually spot pedestrians any faster

Life

Some deep-sea fish have evolved souped-up colour night vision

Health

Gene therapy for common cause of sight loss tested for first time

Life

This optical illusion breaks your brain for 15 milliseconds

Mind

New Call of Duty trials no-helmet immersion – using superblack paint