Pareidolia, the magical art of seeing recognizable shapes in random patterns, is a whimsical reminder of the boundless ...

A mountain rock in the shape of a human face. Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Great Stone Face." Source: Gusman/Bridgeman Images, used with permission "One ...

, that appeared. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of ...

Seeing faces in everyday objects is a common experience, but research from The University of Queensland has found people are more likely to see male faces when they see an image on the trunk of a tree ...

Whether it is a cloud formation, a piece of tree bark or even a slice of toast, we all think we have seen familiar-looking faces in the most unlikely places. The phenomenon, called face pareidolia, is ...

Sure, you've seen the Virgin Mary in an oil slick (or at least some part of her), Jesus in the Eagle Nebula, an angry monkeyangel in a cloud, and maybe even Lenin in a shower curtain. But these don't ...

A 20-year-old woman presented to our emergency department after a cliff-jumping adventure went awry. The ultrasound of the aorta was benign, but a “Darth Vader” sign found off the reflection of the ...