Aidan Corcoran, left, Jordan Meller, Jacob Martinez and Anja Steyn are members of the Academy of Magical Arts' Junior Society at the Magic Castle. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Anja Steyn has ...

To help pay for his undergraduate education, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin had an unusual summer job: cruise ship magician. “I was that guy who comes out at dinnertime and does random magic for you,” he says.

Finally, science has confirmed what Penn & Teller have been telling us since Bullshit! began in 2003: magic isn’t real. Indeed, a team of researchers is using the lessons from persuasive “stage magic” ...

Elaborate choreographed dances, singing challenges, recipe recreations — TikTok is constantly inspiring users to try something new or show off a hidden talent. But the latest trend might be the most ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Magic tricks can teach us about how the brain works. Magic capitalises on very specific blind spots in people’s attention ...

Most magic tricks require a fairly sophisticated understanding of how humans perceive the world. To fall for a trick, people have to see things they perceive as important and ignore things that are ...

Anja Steyn has three disparate loves: puzzles, horror movies and magic. And during her show at the Magic Castle two weeks ago, she not only predicted the horror film someone was thinking of — she ...