In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The ...

When we were first introduced to Richard B. Riddick in the 2000 science fiction film Pitch Black (now streaming on Peacock!) a few things were immediately apparent. The first was the rippling ...

The Nocturnal Eye What appears as pitch black to a human may be dim light to a nocturnal animal. The reason lies in the structure of the eye itself. Pupils ...

Space appears black due to the absence of a medium to scatter light and the vast distances between stars. Despite the ...

NEW YORK, July 21 (UPI) -- New research suggest the human eye is remarkably sensitive to light. In a recent study, participants were able to detect the presence of a single photon inside a pitch ...

The venomous centipede crawled into the Movile Cave millions of years ago and adapted to live in the pitch black, surrounded by deadly gases.

In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The ...

Researchers created a machine vision sensor that uses quantum dots to adapt to extreme changes in light far faster than the ...

Similar to how our eyes are biologically wired to the three prime colors—red, blue, and yellow—the thermo-camera can “see” on multiple wavelengths beyond the human eye. These “colors” are critical for ...

The Nocturnal Eye What appears as pitch black to a human may be dim light to a nocturnal animal. The reason lies in the structure of the eye itself. Pupils ...