illusion

The magician snaps his fingers and a ball disappears right in front of your eyes. How is this possible, you ask yourself?

The woman in Da Vinci’s famous painting doesn’t always appear to be smiling, thanks to an artistic technique.

2014 USA Science & Engineering Festival: Fighting hypothetical zombies with crossbows, making Ferris wheels out of Knex, having fun with Bill Nye and liquid hydrogen, playing with robots—the joys of science.

Famed deception specialist Apollo Robbins reveals his tricks—magicians understand much about human nature.

Visual illusions, such as the rabbit-duck (above), are fascinating because they remind us of the discrepancy between perception and reality. But our knowledge of such illusions has been largely limited to studying humans.

The notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.

“Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum does a mind-bender on you.