As kids, we loved a good magic show—we were fascinated by it, and now as adults, we're just as mesmerized by magicians. Even ...

The stars of Monkey Magic are returning to Five this Sunday to present a new series celebrating the world's best magicians and their greatest tricks, stunts and escapes. Ali Cook ('Monkey Boy'), Pete ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a Saturday afternoon, Annette Charles and her sons, Lucas and Cyrus, wandered around Midwest Magic in downtown Franklin Park. In the midst of a massive collection packed with toys, tricks and ...