This video demonstrates a simple sink-based illusion that makes shapes appear to float using basic materials and water ...

Love or loathe them, dandelions are a common feature in spring. One day, there are just a few, then suddenly they seem to be ...

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 ...

Easy visual magic tricks work because they take advantage of how your brain processes attention, movement, timing, and expectation. What looks impossible is often just clever misdirection, simple ...

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 manipulates ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to come from behind you, then moves to your right. Around and around, it circles. Suddenly, the voice ...

This week I spent a couple of days at the Magic Castle in Hollywood with my friend and master magician Andrew Mayne and five other magicians. The theme of the weeklong show was "Science versus Magic." ...