Prolonged near work in low luminance may accelerate myopia primarily by limiting retinal illumination through sustained accommodative miosis rather than by electronic screens per se.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain’s visual system: one that’s responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail, and another that ...

From dwarfism to overgrowth, scientists unravel the complex genetic blueprint that determines how tall—or short—we become. Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / ...