Not everyone can pull a rabbit from a hat or discover a hidden coin behind someone's ear. But when it comes to card tricks, you don't have to be a magician to predict which card someone will choose.

Birds are less easily fooled by sleight-of-hand magic tricks than humans, a new study into avian perception reveals. Researchers at the University of Cambridge performed three variations of magic ...

A sleight-of-hand magic trick which often catches humans out only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs – a trait shared with humans, new research suggests. Scientists performed a famous magic trick for ...

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The researchers from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science gave a computer program the outline of how a magic jigsaw puzzle and a mind reading card trick work, as well the results ...

Glitz, glamorous assistants and the occasional white rabbit are images - if you mind the pun - conjured up when you think of magic tricks. But really, there’s a far deeper thinking behind the magician ...

Psychologists at Oxford University have used a series of magic tricks to prove people can remember seeing objects that never existed. In a series of five videos, 420 volunteers watched four simple ...

Anyone who has caught Dynamo on any of his tours will have been wowed by his magical prowess - but science says it's not as special as you think. Magicians are fooling audiences into thinking they're ...

Understanding how magic tricks work could help to protect people from manipulation by politicians and marketing, say researchers. A study from Goldsmiths, University of London, says the psychology ...

The "forcing techniques" of magic can also be used by businesses and politicians Understanding how magic tricks work could help to protect people from manipulation by politicians and marketing, say ...