This is something that has mystified cat owners and scientists alike. Debates about whether cats can see color or if their eyesight is monochrome has stirred the imaginations of experts in our times. The question of how a cat’s eyesight works has been studied repeatedly with new findings creat...
I am Princess Kiara, and about a year ago I did something that really upset my human parents. I was in heat and every inch of being wanted out of my home. I was going out of my mind. So I waited for the doorbell to ring and I escaped. For two whole days I panicked my parents...
Siamese cats are also prone to eye problems, caused by the same genetic defects that gave them crossed eyes in the past and resulted in poor eyesight in the dark. They are also fairly prone to liver disease, abnormal kidney function, and congenital heart defects, among other things, so pet...
3). At that time, due to the poor quality, journals would not publish colour micrographs and therefore Findlay, who had extremely poor eyesight, painted colour plates of the various developmental stages seen in the cat small intestine (Hutchison et al., 1971). Examples of these very beautiful...
X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms. — Thomas Edison Quoted in 'Edison Fears Hidden Perils of the X-Rays', New York World (3...
James Cameron makes fairly good movies, but as a human being, he’s kind of irksome. A billionaire whose moneymaking enterprises burn enough oil to run a major city, yet who preaches environmental asceticism to the peasants who pay his bills. He also claimed he found the tomb of Jesus ...
Originally they were polished stones or crystals. When early glass-making was perfected, a spherical glass container filled with water was discovered to have magnifying properties. In the Medieval era, people with poor eyesight might use a “reading-stone” to bet...