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Magician wows crowd with dice trick in China

A magician wowed onlookers with a dice trick in China. The illusionist performed the magic trick with only a stick and dice for passersby on a street in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, on July 26. Footage shows the ...
The New York Times

How to Do 2 Simple Magic Tricks — and Why You Should Learn Them

You don’t have to be a wizard to do magic tricks. The secrets are simple, and anyone can learn them. Here are two easy tricks you can master today. Credit...United Labor Supported by By Ian Frisch I ...
Ars Technica

Researchers perform magic tricks for birds, who are not amused

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 ...
The Conversation

We performed magic tricks on birds to see how they perceive the world

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 ...