Humanity is bipolar.

The winners are in: improbable.com/ig/winners/#i… BIOLOGY PRIZE [JAPAN] Tomoki Kojima, Kazato Oishi, Yasushi Matsubara, Yuki Uchiyama, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Naoto Aoki, Say Sato, Tatsuaki Masuda, Junichi Ueda, Hiroyuki Hirooka, and Katsutoshi Kino, for their experiments to learn whether cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid being bitten by flies. REFERENCE: “Cows Painted with Zebra-Like Striping Can Avoid Biting Fly Attack,” Tomoki Kojima, Kazato Oishi, Yasushi Matsubara, Yuki Uchiyama, Yoshihiko Fukushima, Naoto Aoki, Say Sato, Tatsuaki Masuda, Junichi Ueda, Hiroyuki Hirooka, and Katsutoshi Kino, PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 10, 2019, e0223447. <doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…>

Aliens land and ask you to explain Earth in ONE sentence. Go.

Huge shoutout to @johnkrausphotos for helping me with where to set up my gear to get this shot. Couldn’t have done it without you! Here is the video of the pass. Thin clouds were annoying but it worked out! Get the limited edition print here: cosmicbackground.io/pages/ea…

I’m proud of this one. I brought a solar telescope to Florida to capture a Falcon 9 rocket launch transiting the sun. While these have been captured before, never with the details of the sun’s chromosphere, which makes this one the first! See the video or get the print below 👇

🚨: NASA releases the sharpest image of the Sun ever taken. The image you see here combines a whopping 200 individual images into the widest high-resolution view of the Sun yet.

NEW: South Park trolls NPR and 60 Minutes following Trump slashing funding to NPR and his lawsuit against CBS. “The president of the United States canceled NPR… the funniest show ever where all the lesbians and Jews complain about stuff.” “The president had it taken off the air. I mean, who the hell does this president think he is? The government can't cancel the show. I mean, what show are they gonna cancel next?”

Salience Bias: Focusing on prominent or emotionally striking items. Example: Remembering a dramatic plane crash more than routine safe flights when assessing air travel risk. #cognitivebias

Implicit Association: Speed of matching words depends on associations. Example: Associating "doctor" more quickly with "male" than "female" due to stereotypes. #cognitivebias

Frequency Illusion (Baader–Meinhof Phenomenon): Once noticed, something seems to appear frequently. Example: Learning about a rare car model and then seeing it everywhere on the road. #cognitivebias

Dehumanised Perception: Not attributing feelings or thoughts to another person. Example: Viewing refugees as statistics rather than individuals with emotions during policy discussions. #cognitivebias

Attentional Bias: Perception affected by recurring thoughts. Example: A person anxious about health noticing every minor symptom while ignoring positive signs. #cognitivebias