Repost: Happy pareidolidays!

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Dec 25, 2011 6:45 PMNov 20, 2019 1:57 AM

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[I don't repost very often, but this one from last year still works. -- The BA] I know some people have Christmas on their mind today, but this is a bit too literal: a brain scan taken at Newcastle University turned up a familiar face nose:

I always pictured him as somewhat bigger. The part of the brain they were imaging? The hippocampus. Eh, close enough. Happy holidays to all, and to all a clear night! Tip o' the stirring creature to BABloggee Michael Lonergan

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