And Now, the News

Does watching the news on TV make you ill? “When the audience feels uneasiness or nervousness while watching news broadcasts,” it may be “due to the high and irregular frequency of the newscasters’ blink rates,” says ophthalmologist Kazuo Tsubota of the Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. He says his studies show the typical newscaster blinks four times as much as an average person, which might convey a sense of nervousness. (Reuters) ...Then why do people still get sick when they cover their eyes?