A magician performs a mind-blowing trick using 500 ping pong balls for a dramatic effect.

It’s an illusion that dates back to Roman magicians, but the “cups and balls” trick continues to awe: three overturned cups, three balls and a magician that seems to make the balls move through one ...

Just as our visual system strains to see the vase and the two faces at once, we struggle to conceive of a motion that has a dual motivation: to put and to fetch. A paper by Van de Cruys, Wagemans and ...

Growing up in Seaford, Josh Kurzban remembers being enthralled by a magician at a friend’s birthday party when he was five. The magician, dressed in a tuxedo, performed various tricks, including some ...