One of the joys of hiking is the close observation of the natural beauty of the wilderness, and a good pair of hiking binoculars can help. High quality optics allow you to view the songbirds ...

View the cosmos in the palm of your hand with the best binoculars for stargazing — see the stars, planets and deep sky objects. Binoculars are a great way to get into stargazing as they offer ...

The best microscope allows you to experience the wonders of nature, beyond what the naked eye can detect. Just as the best telescopes let you explore outer space, microscopes give you access to inner ...

The best binoculars for kids interested in stargazing and spotting wildlife in their backyard and beyond — from educational toys to quality optics for all ages. Whether they’re exploring the ...

With an explosion in recent years of invasive animals such as wild hogs, coyotes, armadillos, and more, hunting at night with thermal binoculars or a thermal scope has never been more popular ...

Other features to look out for are Porro prisms for enhanced comfort, multi-coated optics for enhanced contrast and barium crown (BaK-4) glass. Stargazing-centric binoculars will have all of these ...

Porro prisms are almost always placed "outboard" of your eyepieces; that is, wider apart than the lenses you put your eyes up to. Porros are what give binoculars that classic, curvaceous "humpy ...

Left: Vintage (circa 1966) Carl Zeiss porro-prism binoculars. The Zeiss 8x50 binoculars cost $175 back then and were considered the best in the world. Right: Modern roof-prism binoculars.

Even after peering through thousands of models, binoculars still amaze me with their magical capability to reveal hidden worlds. How else can you describe the knowledge you gain by viewing and ...

The development of binocular vision is an active learning process comprising the development of disparity tuned neurons in visual cortex and the establishment of precise vergence control of the eyes.

The interval statistics of these alternations exhibits quasi-universal characteristics, suggesting a general mechanism. Using binocular rivalry, we show that many aspects of this perceptual dynamics ...