Ultraviolet light has always sat at the edge of human perception, powerful yet invisible, more associated with sterilizing ...

Physicists achieve major leap in precision and accuracy at extremely low light levels. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have successfully developed a new technique for ...

Scientists think that their special eyes have evolved for foraging in the snow. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 15, 2023 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

I was reading a children's book about insects to my daughter, and it said that bees see colors differently than humans do. My daughter immediately asked, in short succession: "What colors do they see?

Indoor life is comfortable for pet birds, but it comes with one big downside: most homes don’t provide the kind of light ...