Seeing better. Through not seeing. Descartes and the wisdom of Silenus…

2018/06/12

Visual acuity is normally thought to be dictated by the shape and condition of the eye but these new findings …

Filling in the gaps (of the blind spot). Believing (what is not there). Lies. Truth.

2018/04/05

To make sense of the world, humans and animals need to combine information from multiple sources. This is usually done …

2018/03/28

In most mammals, us included, biological sex is determined by a lottery between two letters: X and Y, the sex …

2018/02/12

The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives. New research …

2018/01/03

Since the Middle Ages, alchemists have sought to transmute elements, the most famous example being the long quest to turn …