Even when you remove the bright stars, the glowing dust and other nearby points of light from the inky, dark sky, a background glow remains. That glow comes from the cosmic sea of distant galaxies, ...

We've developed a system to capture, edit and render light fields that can be used as realistic virtual reality backgrounds and potentially in virtual TV production. Our light fields are easy to ...

A light-colored object on a dark background appears larger than a dark object on a light background, but until recently, no one knew why. Now, a study suggests that a difference in how the brain's ...

Coho salmon may be four times less aggressive in tanks with darker backgrounds than in tanks with light backgrounds, according to a new study . Coho salmon may be four times less aggressive in tanks ...