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 ...

Oscar Owen explains how timing, angles, misdirection and blind spots guide attention during visual magic tricks. The video ...

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 ...

The students, many from marginalized communities, learn to conjure up candy, do card tricks — and face the world with a ...

An Ohio magician is using an after-school magic club to help grade school students build confidence through learning.

Great magic takes years of practice and finesse, but everyday feats of trickery are actually a lot easier than you might think. Here are 15 illusions you can do with objects around the house (or ...

Forget lightning speed calculations, technological superiority and machine-like precision. Thanks to the efforts of some researchers, artificial intelligence can now create magic. “We’ve done a number ...

In “You Can See Everything,” a different sort of illusion unfolds: the people behind the spectacle, those behind the camera, ...

Can magic unite humanity? That's the question Justin Willman's Magic For Humans wants to answer as the he explores how emotions like guilt, wonder, and fear connect us all. Plus, there's lighthearted ...

Ricky Jay and his 52 assistants. Photo: Ken Hively/LA Times via Getty Images In 1988, Ricky Jay awes Arsenio with a simple Three Card Monte. Or so you think. Ricky quickly switches cards from red to ...

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.