For the most part, the use of magic in science is simply practical, using tricks as research tools. The University of Illinois' Amory Danek, for example, studies the moment of insight -- when you ...

Even today magicians may have a few tricks up their sleeves that neuroscientists have not yet adopted. By applying the tools of magic, neuroscientists can hope to learn how to design more robust ...

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.

With over a million downloads on the Google Play Store, Learn Magic Tricks: Easy & Fun is easily one of the go-to magic tutorial apps for Android, and rightfully so. It supports three skill levels ...

At the “magic Olympics,” magicians from around the world compete to be deemed the world’s best. To win, they must fool each other. Every three years magicians from around the world compete ...

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 ...

And now, perhaps the strangest and most delightful of all, Teller of the famed magic duo Penn & Teller is training Betty Gilpin how to throw cards and pull off grandiose tricks on Mrs. Davis.