Your brain is lying to you right now. Not maliciously, and not because something’s wrong with it. It’s doing exactly what evolution designed it to do, making split-second decisions about the world ...

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Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out an optical illusion with Magna-Tiles in May 10's edition of Science Sunday.

Six years ago, when filmmaker Masaya Ishikawa was using Adobe Illustrator to craft digital materials for a video production, he started seeing strange shapes on his screen that shouldn't have been ...

Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions, ...

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Optical illusions are tricky little things. Often they can leave us scratching our heads, trying to figure out how the illusion is tricking our eyes and our brain. One type of illusion, known as a ...

A grayscale ballerina who appears to be moving. A human who can fit in a doll box. A black-and-white prism that appears to change shape when... Optical illusions are a brain feature, not a bug. Here's ...

Illusionist Jason Latimer has nothing up his sleeve unless we count curiosity and scientific research. “I always try to make it clear to all the kids, I have no superpowers. I’m just a guy who asked a ...

Ask most patients what they want from a hair transplant, and the answer is always the same: density. They want more hair, ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out an optical illusion with Magna-Tiles in May 10's edition of Science Sunday. Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out the impact of UV light on bananas in May ...