The stars of Monkey Magic are returning to Five this Sunday to present a new series celebrating the world's best magicians and their greatest tricks, stunts and escapes. Ali Cook ('Monkey Boy'), Pete ...

Chanchal Lahiri's body, which was identified by the magician's brother, was discovered Monday a little over a mile from where Lahiri entered the water A body discovered in the Hooghly River in Kolkata ...

Update: Thomas Poole’s drive-in magic show has been rescheduled to Friday, Sept. 25. When coming up with new magic tricks to perform, Thomas Poole asks himself two questions: “What would be the ...

YORK, Pa. — Entertainer Danny Zzzz is more than just a performer who manages to escape death time and time again. He also is a stringent advocate who encourages people to get out there and live their ...

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 ...

H e was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were “awful stuff” and “a bunch of junk”, they sniffed. “Watching him play the ...

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 ...

Admit it — you still get mindblown every time you come across a street magician performing yet another seemingly impossible trick. And honestly, who doesn't? They always make you scratch your head and ...

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 ...

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 ...