A Bionic Eye Restores a Man’s Vision

68-year-old Allen Zderad has regained his vision almost 20 years after he was diagnosed with an untreatable degenerative eye disease, ten years of which he spent nearly blind. The Minnesota man underwent a clinical trial of “Second Sight,” a new technology that bypasses the damaged retina by sending light waves directly to the optic nerve. Though the resulting vision quality isn’t anywhere near perfect, Zderad …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Presidential cocktails, tripping dinosaurs and how smoking is making you dumb in our weekly look at the web

1. Past Presidents’ Go-To Drinks Our Founding Fathers really knew their way around booze, and thanks to Brian Abram’s new book “Party Like a President,” you can now make the same concoctions George Washington and Ulysses S Grant were sipping. Vanity Fair took the recipes to Leo Robitschek, the bar director of the Nomad and Eleven Madison Park, to whip up some of the past …

Animated Recipe: Cauliflower Alfredo

GIFs guide you to this guilt-free treat that's packed with antioxidants and vitamin C

Enjoy this guilt-free alfredo: it’s low in fat, high in fiber, paleo and vegan. Cauliflower is a great source of vitamin C, antioxidants and phytonutrients. Serve it over your favorite veggies, pasta or rice. Ingredients: 6 cups cauliflower florets (roughly one large head cauliflower) 1 head garlic 1 cup almond milk ¾ cup water 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast 3 tablespoons miso …