P3 Magic Theater brings some of the best magicians in the world to Columbus. P3 Magic Theater is the video production studio for Las Vegas-based Penguin Magic, the world’s largest retailer of magic ...

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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 ...

As kids, we loved a good magic show—we were fascinated by it, and now as adults, we're just as mesmerized by magicians. Even ...

For thousands of years, magicians have mixed technology, psychology, and performance to ingeniously hack people’s concepts of reality. But when it comes to creating ...

If you want to mesmerize your audience by playing with magic, then you can rely on our list of 10 easiest simple illusion tricks to learn for beginners. Who doesn’t like magic, right? It’s fun, ...

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” ...

The perfect sleight is a flawlessly coordinated act of deception. Magicians dedicate hours to bullying their fingers into precise positions and years mastering the art of misdirection. The best ...

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.

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 ...