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 ...

A combination of routine eye scans and AI has created a powerful new way for measuring short-sightedness to better predict people’s long-term risk of serious retinal damage, a new study suggests.

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 ...