The simple act of capturing a photo of something impairs your memory of it, even if you don’t plan on keeping the photo. That’s what a new psychological study has found, but the reasons behind this are still unknown.
“Avid photographers celebrate the viewfinder as a means of helping us see the world anew,” the […]. petapixel.com
A study by the University of Waterloo found that 40 percent of people surveyed couldn't distinguish between an AI-generated face and a real face. [Read More]
Scientists have developed a pill-shaped, swallowable camera that can be controlled by physicians once ingested to help doctors diagnose digestive issues. [Read More]
Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the International Gemini Observatory to discover a distant, lonely galaxy that has assimilated its former nearby galaxies, essentially having cannibalized its neighbors. [Read More]
New research on Antarctica found in two separate studies that reference multiple optical and radar satellite sensors has revealed that the ice loss in Antarctica is much worse than previous estimates. [Read More]
Skies and Scopes has released the findings of its study which analyzed the equipment used to capture the photos that made it to the final shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition over the past three years.
Photographs contain “layers of mind. ” That’s according to a new study, which found that people are considered to be “less real” and have “less mind” when they’re seen in photos of photos rather than photos themselves.
Over the past decade, selfies have become a mainstay of popular culture. If the #selfie hashtag first appeared in 2004, it was the release of the iPhone 4 in 2010 that saw the pictures go viral. Three years later, the Oxford English Dictionary crowned “selfie” word of the year. We use selfies for a variety […]