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Do you see faces in the clouds? Researchers examine pareidolia
- April 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Humans are masters of seeing faces in any old thing—a handbag, TV static, toasted white bread. Scientists want to know why. A few years ago, as the category 5 Hurricane Milton bore down on the Florida coast, the internet noticed something strange. Doesn't the satellite image of the storm look a bit like an angry bald guy? Or a skull?
Originally published at Phys.org