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New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness

New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness

14 March 2018

Worldwide, 300 million people lack full colour vision. We try out a pair of specs that aim to "fix" colour blindness, and ask if that's something we want to do
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The ethics issue: Should we make everyone 'normal'?

5 July 2017

If more people thought and acted in the same way, societies would probably be happier and safer. But at what cost?

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