When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like. The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.

But a remarkable operation - which implants part of his tooth in his eye - has now pierced his world of darkness. With details on the procedure mentioned here picked by suebe 5 months ago

A formerly blind grandmother has regained her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Majid Movahedi blinded a woman with acid for spurning his marriage proposal. Now the courts have ordered that he be blinded with acid. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

Spanish researchers have reportedly unearthed a human tooth more than one million years old, which they estimated to be the oldest human fossil remain ever discovered in western Europe. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.

Update on an earlier post. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

An Australian rugby player who went to his doctor with severe headaches was amazed to find he'd been living with an opponent's tooth embedded in his forehead for months.
See X-ray photo picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Girls have a finer sense of taste than boys - but boys have a sweeter tooth, a new food study has found. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Very Strange Tooth Paste Ad...do you agree!!?? :o picked by skywalkeer 2 years ago

Her father, a hunter, tied a string of dental floss to the tooth, attached the floss to an arrow and shot.
The video was aired on CNN 6 years later. picked by suebe 3 years ago

A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Normally, babies learn how to look at the world before they can communicate their experiences. The rare cases of people who have been blind all their lives and then had their sight restored offer scientists a unique opportunity to study how we learn to interpret visual signals. Pawan Sinha is studying children and adolescents in India who are seeing the world for the first time after treatment for... read full post picked by Bingo 2 months ago

New restaurant opens in London, Dans Le Noir. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Soon we won't be able to short change sightless people anymore. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Monique Zimmerman-Stein has been nearly blind for the last two years from Stickler syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. She recently decided to forgo her own treatment to save funds to treat her two daughters, who also suffer from the condition, reports Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Ann Wizer turns tooth paste tubes into chairs, and turns other trash into useful, and beautiful art. picked by suebe 1 year ago

66 years ago, John Gray was injured in a bombing raid and was blinded in his right eye.
Last year, he developed macular degeneration and was told he would slowly lose the ability of sight in his left eye, as well, leaving him blind. picked by Marli 2 years ago

Known as selective bilateral occipital damage, TN’s unusual injury made him the subject of much interest while recovering at a hospital in Geneva. Researchers began examining him and discovered that despite his blindness, he had maintained the ability to detect emotion on a person’s face. He responded appropriately — with emotions such as joy, fear, and anger &#... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Patrick Walker, a groundskeeper at Morrison Lake Country Club, says he's glad he paid attention in high school science classes. That's how he knew he was probably looking at the tooth of a 10,000-year-old mammoth while grooming the course last week. picked by mitzuzake 3 months ago

Despite having adapted to their lightless environment for more than a million years, can produce sighted offspring in just a single generation.

<photo is unrelated. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

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