such as a clear sky or a white wall. These shapes move as your eyes move and can seem to dart away when you try to focus on them. Floaters are typically caused by age-related changes in the ...

white wall, or bright screen. While they may seem strange, floaters are typically harmless and result from natural, age-related changes in the eye (Bronstein et al., 2017). Why Anxiety Makes ...

As many as 76 percent of us experience eye floaters, according to findings in the journal Survey of Ophthalmology. And while some of us are barely bothered by the dots, squiggles and specks that ...

More by Harvey E. White More by Paul Levatin This article was originally published with the title “ Floaters in the Eye ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 206 No. 6 ( June 1962 ) , p. 119 ...