The latest is " How Many Girls are there in the Picture?" visual illusion meme, 2? 3? 4? more?
Also see " The Jacket", another popular visual illusion similar to " The Dress". #TheDress became a viral phenomenon in February 2015. The controversy of the colors became a topic in the popular press. It has generated a number of peer review articles:
Gegenfurtner, K. R., Bloj, M., & Toscani, M. (2015). The many colours of ‘the dress’. Current Biology, 25(13), R543-R544.
Lafer-Sousa, R., Hermann, K. L., & Conway, B. R. (2015). Striking individual differences in color perception uncovered by ‘the dress’ photograph. Current Biology, 25(13), R545-R546.
Winkler, A. D., Spillmann, L., Werner, J. S., & Webster, M. A. (2015). Asymmetries in blue–yellow color perception and in the color of ‘the dress’. Current Biology, 25(13), R547-R548.
Rayleigh and Mie scattering explanations and demonstration
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Telescope resolution beyond the diffraction limit
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