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 ...

Learn how to predict the impossible with this mind-blowing magic trick tutorial! 🧠 In this step-by-step reveal, we show you how to perform a prediction trick that feels impossible to the audience—but ...

In the age of the internet, we’ve seen the proliferation of all kinds of street magicians and stage illusionists. Who needs the local town square to perform cool magic tricks when you’ve got YouTube ...

Elaborate choreographed dances, singing challenges, recipe recreations — TikTok is constantly inspiring users to try something new or show off a hidden talent. But the latest trend might be the most ...

To help pay for his undergraduate education, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin had an unusual summer job: cruise ship magician. “I was that guy who comes out at dinnertime and does random magic for you,” he says.

Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

"Contrary to what any statistics show, women and people of color are very interested in magic." Students and instructors at Chicago Magic Lounge's Magic College share ideas and tips. Credit: Sarah ...

Most magic tricks require a fairly sophisticated understanding of how humans perceive the world. To fall for a trick, people have to see things they perceive as important and ignore things that are ...

A small experiment using sleights of hand and illusions offers insights into how birds and people perceive the world. By Veronique Greenwood The coin is in the illusionist’s left hand, now it’s in the ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Magic tricks can teach us about how the brain works. Magic capitalises on very specific blind spots in people’s attention ...