Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of researchers says there's a new color in the atmosphere. But here's the deal: You can see it only by being shot in the ...

Described as a kind of blue-green, the new color—named “olo”—can only be seen using lasers to manipulate certain ...

From the first time I saw Blade Runner and heard Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty describe “C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate,” I’ve wondered what it would be like to see beyond the ...

Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

You may know someone who can’t tell the difference between specific colors — and there is a scientific reason it could be happening. The condition is known as color blindness. To share a better ...

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, claim to have found a new color. The caveat? You can’t see it. Not unless you have a laboratory fitted with a complex laser system that’s cued ...

Our ability to see with color vision depends on the presence and function of light-sensing pigments in the cones of our eyes. Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, happens when one or more of ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

A team of researchers says there's a new color in the atmosphere. But here's the deal: You can see it only by being shot in the eye with a laser. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, ...