Just a few months prior, the MAGIC Lab had sent a call for magic tricks that don’t rely on sight, touch, smell, or taste, but instead evoke wonder purely through sound. No verbal cues.

Magic tricks make the impossible seem possible. Magicians have long captivated audiences with visual tricks, such as pulling a bunny from a hat or sawing someone in half, but tricks that rely on ...

A Humboldt's squirrel monkey is fooled by the "French Drop" magic trick. Credit: E. Garcia-Pelegrin et al., 2023 The key to a successful sleight-of-hand magic trick is how well a magician ...