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Few things come with no downsides at all. Rich countries have almost completely banished infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera and malaria. Instead, their health ministries spend much of ...

A rise in cases of short-sightedness (myopia) among children in Hong Kong may be linked to a significant decrease in the time they have been able to spend outdoors and a sharp rise in screen time ...

Short-sightedness is driven by how we use our eyes indoors, suggests a new study. The common condition - also known as myopia - may be driven less by screens and more by a common indoor visual habit, ...

A major study of laser correction for short-sightedness shows that the procedure is as safe and effective in older teenagers as it is in adults, according to research presented at the 43rd Congress of ...

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Environmental factors such as education and leisure activities have a greater influence on the development of short-sightedness or myopia than the ability to think logically and solve problems. Myopia ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

In his answer to this question, Peter Bursztyn writes that he isn’t sure “how one could determine whether a wolf, an eland or a cheetah were short-sighted”. He says: “I can’t imagine devising ...