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Performing magic tricks can be an exhilarating way to wow and enthrall an audience. Be it a beginner or someone looking to polish his/her skills, the basics and diligent practice can have you ...
Oscar Owen shares three amazing pen magic tricks that are easy to learn and visually stunning. Practice in front of a mirror ...
Math is magic, according to a new YouTube video depicting the Kruskal count. Brain teasers and magic tricks help bring math to relatable real life even for the mathphobic.
We all know magic tricks are just that—tricks. They're not actually magic. Yet we're still astounded by them, and they seem otherworldly. Is it just that we're suspending disbelief, like we ...
Magic tricks, or illusions, make us go “ooh,” “ahhh,” and “how the flippin’ crap did they do that?!” They’re part sleight of hand, part planning, and a lot of brain confusion. Your ...
We do that by focusing on this one silly and trivial aspect of magic, which is, how’s the trick done? We don’t even know what acts are going to be on the show.
By performing tricks for birds, monkeys and other creatures, researchers hope to learn how they perceive and think about their world ...
That’s why, in a recent study, my colleagues and I tried to perform magic tricks to birds. We tested sleight of hand on Eurasian jays, and found they were fooled by some tricks and not by others.