In primate vision, the encoding of color perception arises from three types of retinal cone cells (L, M, and S cones). The inputs from these cones are linearly integrated into two cone-opponent ...

Welcome to Nat Geo Your Shot: National Geographic’s global community for aspiring visual storytellers. Find the community on Instagram @NatGeoYourShot and follow along for hashtag challenges ...

When Swati saw the women in her village struggling with access to safe and affordable menstrual products, she didn’t wait for a solution—she created one. She started making sanitary pads herself, and ...

The people generally referred to as Negritos were once widely dispersed across South-East Asia. Today, they are found in the ...

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The declining trend in rainfall is associated with a trend towards higher surface atmospheric pressure in the region and a shift in large-scale weather patterns-more highs, fewer lows and a reduction ...