Every time you glance at your phone, lock eyes with a stranger, or watch the sky turn orange at sunset, your brain is pulling off a quiet miracle. Vision feels instant and obvious, but beneath that sense of effortlessness sits a tangled web of physics, biology, and electrical signals. For most of human history, ...
Your eyes are far more extraordinary than you might imagine. These incredible organs process millions of bits of information every second, work seamlessly with your brain to create the world you see, and perform feats that would make the most advanced cameras jealous. From detecting single particles of light to distinguishing millions of colors, your ...
You might think the world of color is the same for everyone. Yet nestled among us are individuals with an almost mystical ability to perceive colors beyond the reach of ordinary human vision. These rare people aren’t just seeing things differently, they’re literally seeing more. Tetrachromacy is a type of color vision that allows some ...
