Blinking is something we all do automatically so often, in fact, that most of us never give it a second thought. But beneath this simple act lies a remarkable biological mechanism crucial to our eye ...

In VR, a blink can be a window of opportunity to improve the user’s experience. We’ll explain how in a moment, but blinks are tough to capitalize on because they are unpredictable and don’t last very ...

It helps your vision, keeps your eyes watered, and is completely involuntary... except when you’re thinking too hard about it. This week, we’re exploring how much really happens in the blink of an eye ...

Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually related to vision, a new Concordia study examines how blinking is connected ...

Blinking is a commonplace gesture. But when your eyes open and close at lightning speed, as if a speck of dust had settled in them, this tic takes on a whole new meaning. This natural, though ...

You do it about 14,000 times a day without thinking. That’s once every four seconds on average. Blinking seems like the most mundane bodily function imaginable, but it turns out those tiny eye ...

To approach a question 400 million years in the making, researchers turned to mudskippers, blinking fish that live partially out of water. A magnified view of the human eye shows the pupil, the ...