Jim Steinmeyer designs magic tricks that other magicians use. He knows the ins and outs of illusion. He's written several ...

Prepare to be amazed by these viral magic tricks! From impossible illusions to mind-bending feats, this video showcases some ...

The small yellow ball disappears from the magician's left hand, reappearing moments later, plucked out of thin air, by his right. Hardly a mind-boggling move at a magic show, but this is an academic ...

For thousands of years, magicians have mixed technology, psychology, and performance to ingeniously hack people’s concepts of reality. But when it comes to creating ...

Admit it — you still get mindblown every time you come across a street magician performing yet another seemingly impossible trick. And honestly, who doesn't? They always make you scratch your head and ...

Finally, science has confirmed what Penn & Teller have been telling us since Bullshit! began in 2003: magic isn’t real. Indeed, a team of researchers is using the lessons from persuasive “stage magic” ...

Computer scientists at Queen Mary University London have taught a computer how to create magic tricks using artificial intelligence. After feeding the machine information outlining how to create a ...

Magic tricks can teach us about how the brain works. Magic capitalises on very specific blind spots in people’s attention and perception so the techniques that magicians use to trick audiences are ...