An estimated 65% of American adults wear glasses–more than 143 million people–and we tend to think of them as fashion statements more than medical devices. But that’s a relatively recent development, ...

Have you ever seen someone push up their glasses while reading or doing homework and wondered what life would be like without them? Even if you don’t wear glasses yourself, it’s hard to imagine a ...

Added t.p. (v.2): The arts and spectacles over five centuries. Spine title: Spectacles. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...

Two pairs of 17th-century glasses are expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction next month. The jewel-encrusted spectacles, which feature lenses made from diamond and emerald rather than glass, ...