Key points A human face configuration, even in infancy, captures our attention automatically. The ability to detect human faces is highly adaptive, given the importance of faces for social interaction ...

Is there a face on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover captured an image that has people talking! While some see a human face ...

If you have ever spotted faces or human-like expressions in everyday objects, you may have experienced the phenomenon of face pareidolia. Now, a new study by the University of Surrey has looked into ...

Why do people supposedly see a woman in pictures sent from Mars by the Curiosity Rover? For the same reason that people see ...

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