Magic can make the impossible feel real. From disappearing birds and linking rings to levitation and Michael Jackson's famous gravity-defying lean, these nine tricks have clever secrets hiding behind ...

Jim Steinmeyer designs magic tricks that other magicians use. He knows the ins and outs of illusion. He's written several ...

Magic tricks reveal how the brain forms reality, as a review of 55 studies explores gaps in attention, perception and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magicians use a lot of psychology to trick you during a performance. (Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The exploits of any ...

The exploits of any paranormal detective — from Sherlock Holmes to Scooby-Doo — will tell you that the mysterious and the magical always have an explanation grounded in science. (Take the Victorian ...