Shock good news about video games! When they're not training us to cold-heartedly murder people with guns, explosives and knives, video games might actually be useful in treating eye problems thanks to work by doctors who have successfully treated lazy eyes with good old Tetris. Read More >>

Now, I've seen my fair share of horrifying eye conditions, but this one takes the biscuit. It's not quite worm-in-the-eye Prometheus-style, but this poor bloke actually had long, super creepy, hairs growing directly out of his eyeball. Yuck. Read More >>

The advent of cochlear implants in the 1970s and ocular implants in the early 2000s revolutionised hearing and vision loss treatment by circumventing damaged organs with digital prostheses that directly stimulated neural pathways. But these devices have been poor substitutes for the real thing. That is, until now. Read More >>

I always dreamt about being able to write or draw with my eyes alone, and this new device invented by Dr. Jean Lorenceau at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris would allow me to do exactly that. Magic? Science! Read More >>

Google's clever little Face Unlock security feature, which lets you use your phone's camera to pull your Android mobile out of standby mode by having it recognise its master, has been updated, with the Jelly Bean version of the tool allowing users to blink at it to prove they're not a photograph. Read More >>

This is a really great portrait photography trick that requires no special equipment: use a black marble to see how the light hits on the eyes of the person you want to photograph: Read More >>

Those little bright lights belong to yacarés—caiman latirostris. They are broad-snouted caimans, crocodilian reptiles typical of eastern and central South America. Why do their eyes shine in such a pretty way? Read More >>

Take a good look at this image. In fact, stare at it, dead centre. There's no trick to it; just look straight ahead, relax, and watch as something you know is there vanishes into nothingness. Read More >>

There is something about blue eyes that can pierce another person's soul while also acting as a revealing window into your own. Brown eyes? Not so much. What if you wanted blue eyes, though? Colour contacts? Meh. Try this new laser surgery that'll permanently transform your brown eyes to blue. Read More >>

Seeing stars when you're bonked on the head isn't just for cartoon characters. That phantom astrological event happens in real life, too. It's pretty weird. Read More >>