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...workers assigned to the museum by the Government built the barnyard exhibit and are at work on five others which show how different creatures see the world. To a dog all things are grey, because dogs are colorblind. Fish are nearsighted and the refraction of water distorts the feet of a fisherman standing on a bank. The mosaic structure of a fly's eye gives him a multitude of images. A turtle's world is a shifting scene of bright spots because light Attracts its eyes. A huge chameleon will turn the color of the clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Museum Wants | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

...better drivers are married and only moderately well-off. While a dark-eyed person is less subject to glare blindness than a blue-eyed one and therefore a better night driver, he is more apt to be colorblind, said Dr. DeSilva...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Silva Puts Harvard Students With Delivery Boys as Road's Worst Drivers | 4/1/1937 | See Source »

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