Eyes
Questions
1. What color are your eyes?
2. Do people wear color contact lenses in your culture?
3. Are video games good for hand-eye coordination?
4. Did your teacher have an eagle eye?
5. Have you ever had a black eye?
6. What makes a movie good, in your eyes?
7. “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Do you agree with this?
8. What does “beauty lies in the eye of the beholder” mean?
Videos
Explore the science of the phenomenon of “floaters,” those tiny blobs that swim across your field of vision.
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you
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might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? Michael Mauser explains the visual phenomenon that is floaters.
Lesson by Michael Mauser, animation by Reflective Films.
Lesson by Michael Mauser, animation by Reflective Films.
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Category: Science
Discover how evolution and natural selection influence why the human body has vestigial organs— body parts that no longer serve their original purpose.
You know that little pink thing nestled in the corner of your eye? It’s actually the remnant of a third eyelid. In humans, it’s vestigial, meaning it no longer serves its original purpose. There are several other vestigial structures in the human body, quietly riding along from one of our ancestor species to the next. But why have they stuck around for so long? Dorsa Amir investigates.
Lesson by Dorsa Amir, directed by Avi Ofer.
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You know that little pink thing nestled in the corner of your eye? It’s actually the remnant of a third eyelid. In humans, it’s vestigial, meaning it no longer serves its original purpose. There are several other vestigial structures in the human body, quietly riding along from one of our ancestor species to the next. But why have they stuck around for so long? Dorsa Amir investigates.
Lesson by Dorsa Amir, directed by Avi Ofer.
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Category: Science
Look alive, you! Today we’re diving into the science behind dark circles under your eyes, and all the things that might cause them – tiredness included.
Category: Science
Whether we cry during a sad movie, while chopping onions, or completely involuntarily, our eyes are constantly producing tears. Alex Gendler tracks a particularly watery day in the life of Iris (the iris) as she cycles through
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basal, reflex and emotional tears.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by The Moving Company Animation Studio.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by The Moving Company Animation Studio.
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Category: Psychology | Science