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Rates of short-sightedness in Singapore are among the highest in the world, with over 80% of the young adults needing glasses. Rates weren鈥檛 always that high, though. In the 1970s, it was as low as 26%. Recent scientific research is beginning to unpick why rates of myopia have skyrocketed: Children are spending more time indoors, bent over smartphones, tablets and books. Professor Tan explains to Marnie Chesterton how he hopes to reduce and even stop short-sightedness in children with an eye drop called atropine.

(Photo: Young girl applying eye drops in her eye. Credit: Getty Images)