Throwing light on a mysterious human 'superpower'
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Most people, at some point in their lives, have dreamt of being able to fly like Superman or develop superhuman strength like the Hulk. But very few know that we human beings have a "superpower" of our own, which almost anybody can perform by simply staring at the computer screen in front of them. As physics teacher David Shane explains in March's issue of Physics World, human beings have an astonishing ability to detect the polarization of light with just the naked eye.