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 ...

Magician Justin Willman stands inside the Magic Castle in Hollywood. His new comedy/magic special, "Magic Lover," premieres Tuesday. (Annie Noelker / For The Times) Even in the daytime, the most ...

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 ...

When I was in the fourth grade, I went to see my first magic show. For the final trick, the magician (he was called The Amazing Gordo for reasons I can’t remember) called my cousin Davey up to the ...

AT HOME — My cat can be entertained for a while just by slight moves of my watch when light is hitting it right. He can't quite figure out where the light he's trying to catch is coming from, or where ...

Rob Gronkowski reveals he’s never spent any of his NFL salary Suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado leaves woman dead ...

This trick required the scientists to put food in one hand, and present that hand to each individual monkey. Clayton (a professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow ...

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices of Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jain ascetics. This studio portrait of an ...

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer, 54, is used to giving speeches, but one he delivered in May 2024 was different. He stood on the stage at the University of Michigan addressing graduates and their ...

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 ...