The inaugural conference on the Science of Magic reveals that the study of magic is not fiction from Harry Potter -- a character mentioned just once in the day, and sarcastically -- but an actual ...

And then: “How’d you do that?” Science-based magic tricks stand out not just for being fun but for sparking interest in the science that makes the trick happen.

Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act.

I’m not a magician to trick anyone. So you don’t think science, which explains away the magic of illusions, will destroy magic? For entertainment, magic is great.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Over the years, we have shown you how some things that appear to be a magic trick are actually physics or math. Today, we are going to show you another one of those apparent ...

Teller had postulated that the trick works—even with transparent cups—because observers watch the falling ball rather than his hands.

A contest to design a sound-only magic trick could help psychologists learn about differences between visual and auditory perception.

WASHINGTON — Magic tricks prey on people’s subpar powers of perception, but new work finds that the brain has tricks of its own up its sleeve: People notice more than they think. In the ...