Professional Magician, Magic Murray demonstrates three mind-bending magic tricks designed to humorously navigate and escape ...
People's perceptions of magic tricks and why they are effective are often in direct contrast to how magicians feel their performances are being received by their audiences, new research has suggested.
The premise to one of the best films of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival sounds more like an imaginative feature than a real-life documentary: When a group of anonymous online thieves steal highly ...
The Horsemen are back with more mind-bending illusions in “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” the third installment of the magic-fueled heist series — and this ...
You only need a cursory familiarity with the work of magicians like Derren Brown and David Blaine to realise that at the heart of many illusions lies a piece of rock-solid mathematics ...
Prepare to be amazed by Justin Willman in his first hour-long Netflix special, Magic Lover. The magician and comedian has already made a splash on the platform with shows like Magic for Humans and The ...
Stressed out by hot-button issues? Politicized science? Chemistry Lessons From Hell? Relax. Here are some quirky chemistry tricks that require little brain power. I've even explained how they work.
"Piff has become one of my favorite magicians," Penn Jillette of Pen and Teller wrote about Piff the Magic Dragon. Courtesy photo Magician and comedian John van der Put, better known as Piff the Magic ...
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Exposing magic tricks

A playful look at how magic tricks work, with a curious test of viral life hacks along the way.
The concept sounds almost too easy: A magician puts on a cannabis-themed magic show in which he performs tricks with a lighter, blows smoke in creative ways and makes a jar of weed disappear into thin ...
“I believe the world needs a magic dragon,” says John van der Put, better known as Piff the Magic Dragon. The words come out flat, delivered with a kind of sarcastic deadpan that makes you wonder if ...