Berly McCoy

So the researchers coupled the contact lenses with eyeglasses, and the eyeglasses were able to focus the infrared light in a way that participants can make out letters and shapes. And they described all this in the journal Cell.

So the researchers coupled the contact lenses with eyeglasses, and the eyeglasses were able to focus the infrared light in a way that participants can make out letters and shapes. And they described all this in the journal Cell.

You could also use this in like a security setting, so a concert or any other crowded place. If communication systems went down, security guards could communicate with each other quickly by shining infrared light that only they could see. Or doctors could use these to see edges of tumors that have infrared dyes.

You could also use this in like a security setting, so a concert or any other crowded place. If communication systems went down, security guards could communicate with each other quickly by shining infrared light that only they could see. Or doctors could use these to see edges of tumors that have infrared dyes.

You could also use this in like a security setting, so a concert or any other crowded place. If communication systems went down, security guards could communicate with each other quickly by shining infrared light that only they could see. Or doctors could use these to see edges of tumors that have infrared dyes.

Right. So there's a house in New Jersey near an intersection with a big front lawn. And sometimes the family that lives there eats outside and that leads to crumbs. And the crumbs attract little birds that peck around at the leftovers. And those little birds attract this Cooper's hawk, which preys on them.

Right. So there's a house in New Jersey near an intersection with a big front lawn. And sometimes the family that lives there eats outside and that leads to crumbs. And the crumbs attract little birds that peck around at the leftovers. And those little birds attract this Cooper's hawk, which preys on them.

Right. So there's a house in New Jersey near an intersection with a big front lawn. And sometimes the family that lives there eats outside and that leads to crumbs. And the crumbs attract little birds that peck around at the leftovers. And those little birds attract this Cooper's hawk, which preys on them.

So Vladimir spent a couple weeks watching this and saw the hawk attack six different times. And Vladimir's theory here is that the hawk just listens for the beeping sound to know when it can launch its attack. He wrote about it in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.

So Vladimir spent a couple weeks watching this and saw the hawk attack six different times. And Vladimir's theory here is that the hawk just listens for the beeping sound to know when it can launch its attack. He wrote about it in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.

So Vladimir spent a couple weeks watching this and saw the hawk attack six different times. And Vladimir's theory here is that the hawk just listens for the beeping sound to know when it can launch its attack. He wrote about it in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.

Well, so people who train raptors like hawks wouldn't be surprised by this behavior.

Well, so people who train raptors like hawks wouldn't be surprised by this behavior.

Well, so people who train raptors like hawks wouldn't be surprised by this behavior.

Unfortunately, Vladimir says the crosswalk button no longer makes sounds and the family no longer leaves crumbs. So the hawk hasn't returned.

Unfortunately, Vladimir says the crosswalk button no longer makes sounds and the family no longer leaves crumbs. So the hawk hasn't returned.

Unfortunately, Vladimir says the crosswalk button no longer makes sounds and the family no longer leaves crumbs. So the hawk hasn't returned.

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