Why start simple: Beginner tricks like coin vanishes or floating pencils help you build confidence while learning the basics of misdirection and performance. Core magician skill: Sleight of hand is ...

This video demonstrates a simple sink-based illusion that makes shapes appear to float using basic materials and water ...

Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

This post was updated Feb. 19 at 7:46 p.m. Magic is never far from UCLA’s campus. Over the past few years, a group of magicians has populated Bruin Walk and campus events, eager to present ...

We all love a good magic trick. And illusions have always drawn us in. The shimmer of a desert mirage, the flicker of shadows in Plato’s cave, or even my father's rather simple sleight of hand that ...

Optical illusions come in a multitude of forms, from mind-boggling magic eyes to astounding cognitive tricks, but my ...

Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to come from behind you, then moves to your right. Around and around, it circles. Suddenly, the voice ...

A magician may never reveal their secrets, but the Magic and Illusion Student Team is ready to break the rules. Bringing spectacles from Bruin Walk to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, MIST is a ...

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 ...

Injections can be a source of stress and anxiety for children. The Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital is exploring ways to ...

Even in the daytime, the most hallowed ground inside the Magic Castle in Hollywood has a way of casting a spell on hard-nosed cynics who might normally consider themselves immune to the art of ...