The small yellow ball disappears from the magician's left hand, reappearing moments later, plucked out of thin air, by his right. Hardly a mind-boggling move at a magic show, but this is an academic ...

Once upon a time revealing a magician’s secrets could get you blacklisted, now anyone can learn an illusion or two Magicians have been around since 2700BC when the father of the art, Dedi, shocked an ...

There is a century-old magic trick that Jim Steinmeyer finds particularly fascinating. It involves a burglar, a safe, and mind-reading, and it unfolds like this: A group of random audience members ...